diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/absl-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/absl-py/default.nix
index a937b016ce89..a2f22062d3bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/absl-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/absl-py/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
 , lib
 , pythonOlder
 , fetchPypi
+, setuptools
 , six
 , enum34
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "absl-py";
-  version = "1.4.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-0sJE0BBIukdufAgL0sbfXhQdIR3oAiNGDVs7iipYQz0=";
+    hash = "sha256-2WkCEcX8/vzdGkVHCsK1xazUUkHDr3Hu2WvFRBdGwNU=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     six
   ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.4") [