diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix
index 686c4298e0ba..18ca0bd263e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svg2tikz/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,39 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, poetry-core
+, inkex
 , lxml
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "svg2tikz";
-  version = "unstable-2021-01-12";
+  version = "1.2.0";
 
-  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.10";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "xyz2tex";
     repo = "svg2tikz";
-    rev = "7a9959c295e1ed73e543474c6f3679d04cebc9e9";
-    hash = "sha256-OLMFtEEdcY8ARI+hUSOhMwwcrtOAsbKRJRdDJcuaIBg=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-oFcKRcXef1Uz0qFi6Gga/D4u8zW0RjXAnHDlhRr33Ts=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace "+dairiki.1" ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    inkex
     lxml
   ];
 
@@ -26,12 +41,10 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  # upstream hasn't updated the tests in a while
-  doCheck = false;
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "svg2tikz" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/xyz2tex/svg2tikz/blob/${src.rev}/README.md#changes-bug-fixes-and-known-problems-from-the-original";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xyz2tex/svg2tikz";
     description = "Set of tools for converting SVG graphics to TikZ/PGF code";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;