diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/approvaltests/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/approvaltests/default.nix
index 2b3ed4f45c19..9f175dbd1a60 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/approvaltests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/approvaltests/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "approvaltests";
-  version = "14.0.0";
+  version = "14.3.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "approvals";
     repo = "ApprovalTests.Python";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-BTTmmtmFjYBfzbVf/Fi8PwnpVJBcOOBTdFBmGowGez4=";
+    hash = "sha256-HcF4SjAdAPxINB0+kI1RWtKQ3VBhMNpFk6BECup7E+w=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrjob/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrjob/default.nix
index 35af2272ff58..7e84de8bc866 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrjob/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrjob/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
   pythonAtLeast,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
   # propagates
+  distutils,
   pyyaml,
 
   # optionals
@@ -26,9 +30,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mrjob";
   version = "0.7.4";
-
-  # https://github.com/Yelp/mrjob/issues/2222
-  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.12";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Yelp";
@@ -37,7 +39,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Yp4yUx6tkyGB622I9y+AWK2AkIDVGKQPMM+LtB/M3uo=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml ];
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    distutils
+    pyyaml
+  ];
 
   optional-dependencies = {
     aws = [