diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
index 267d8040c762..f7975cfbb389 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyudev/default.nix
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@
   hypothesis,
   docutils,
   stdenvNoCC,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pyudev";
   version = "0.24.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
     hash = "sha256-54i7mDcAsahO/C6IhisKUa8qmV1bhryZl1RlBc97Nrw=";
   };
 
@@ -26,13 +27,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace "find_library(name)" "'${lib.getLib udev}/lib/libudev.so'"
   '';
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-    mock
-    hypothesis
-    docutils
-  ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ six ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
     py.test
@@ -42,10 +39,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # https://github.com/pyudev/pyudev/issues/187
   doCheck = false;
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest
+    mock
+    hypothesis
+    docutils
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pyudev.readthedocs.org/";
     description = "Pure Python libudev binding";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pyudev/pyudev/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGES.rst";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ frogamic ];
   };
-}
+})