diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix
index 8a233014155f..03549ea2977d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 , platformdirs
 , pybind11
 , pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
 , pytools
+, setuptools
 , six
 }:
 
@@ -22,9 +24,17 @@ let
     if stdenv.isDarwin then [ mesa_drivers.dev ] else [ ocl-icd ];
 in buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyopencl";
-  version = "2022.3.1";
+  version = "2023.1";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-2d5gcnKRmlB6nCTD3+7q/nLAX3zWyeN7IRno7jxTqJE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytest ];
   buildInputs = [ opencl-headers pybind11 ] ++ os-specific-buildInputs;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -38,15 +48,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     six
   ];
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-Sj2w/mG1zclSZ1Jt7r1xp+HXlWlNSw/idh8GMLzKNiE=";
-  };
-
-  # py.test is not needed during runtime, so remove it from `install_requires`
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "pytest>=2" ""
-  '';
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
   # gcc: error: pygpu_language_opencl.cpp: No such file or directory
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyopencl" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python wrapper for OpenCL";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pyopencl/pyopencl";