diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix
index b3f5c6cff9c1..2d6164d53d8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix
@@ -15,23 +15,23 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "importlib-metadata";
-  version = "7.2.1";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "8.5.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "importlib_metadata";
     inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-UJ7LKrdwcdtRN8ZV4kzrPu5m57vGV0Fl0NEU2fxLvmg=";
+    hash = "sha256-cVImVvCrrOHQcrnlSBpI8HwTjgDwecOMj4g4I/nCa9c=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     setuptools # otherwise cross build fails
     setuptools-scm
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     toml
     zipp
   ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ typing-extensions ];