diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix
index 2b683e73ed0f..6e8c3a91e278 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , python3Packages
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , platformio
-, esptool_3
+, esptool
 , git
 }:
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in
 python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "esphome";
   version = "2023.11.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-9LqZlhCt+7p6tnSHFhbnUzkEOJQDsg/Pd/hgd/Il0ZQ=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # remove all version pinning (E.g tornado==5.1.1 -> tornado)
     sed -i -e "s/==[0-9.]*//" requirements.txt
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     # platformio is used in esphomeyaml/platformio_api.py
     # esptool is used in esphomeyaml/__main__.py
     # git is used in esphomeyaml/writer.py
-    "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ platformio esptool_3 git ]}"
+    "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ platformio esptool git ]}"
     "--set ESPHOME_USE_SUBPROCESS ''"
   ];