diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix
index eb1a5bdf50aa..0a2dd009f6a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 , pythonOlder
 , pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , semver
+, setuptools
 , tabulate
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "appthreat-vulnerability-db";
-  version = "5.1.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "5.2.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -25,15 +26,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "AppThreat";
     repo = "vulnerability-db";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-IOQyQ78u9Pr27UKchjSqzCl47UajknI8MYZZy2DheSk=";
+    hash = "sha256-OtaoyqYRsZVoWezrTAy3zROyNeRLbZmCT+z7YCwf9Ow=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
       --replace " --cov-append --cov-report term --cov vdb" ""
-    # https://github.com/AppThreat/vulnerability-db/pull/48
-    substituteInPlace vdb/lib/utils.py \
-      --replace "isvalid(" "is_valid("
   '';
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pythonRelaxDepsHook
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [