diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo-updater/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo-updater/default.nix
index d724bd6d8c38..21dda61f757d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo-updater/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo-updater/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonApplication,
+  hatchling,
   colorama,
   fetchPypi,
   gitpython,
@@ -8,14 +9,15 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "gitup";
-  version = "0.5.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.5.2";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1pa612rcc94nc461zs9sag9p46sycc214622b06gdn35rmwp0y2g";
+    sha256 = "sha256-51DWPJ9JOMrRdWGaiiL4qzo4VFFeT1rG5yyI6Ej+ZRw=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ hatchling ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     colorama
     gitpython