diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix
index 112189bf8251..13031abcd538 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
   looseversion,
   matplotlib,
   numba,
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "trackpy";
   version = "0.7";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "soft-matter";
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-3e+gHdn/4n8T78eA3Gjz1TdSI4Hd935U2pqd8wG+U0M=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     looseversion
     matplotlib
     numba