diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wikicurses/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wikicurses/package.nix
index c68450266dd7..e0524aa061b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wikicurses/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wikicurses/package.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   version = "1.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
   pname = "wikicurses";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ids1024";
     repo = "wikicurses";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    sha256 = "0f14s4qx3q5pr5vn460c34b5mbz2xs62d8ljs3kic8gmdn8x2knm";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-1U7RkW31IRbn0JKiJozu4q9aFhkMGGJ3ybfg0THRJDg=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     installShellFiles
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     urwid
     beautifulsoup4
     lxml