diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/falcon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/falcon/default.nix
index cb2ff6942eb2..27492073c580 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/falcon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/falcon/default.nix
@@ -30,18 +30,19 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "falcon";
-  version = "3.1.3";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "4.0.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "falconry";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "falcon";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7719gOM8WQVjODwOSo7HpH3HMFFeCGQQYBKktBAevig=";
+    hash = "sha256-umNuHyZrdDGyrhQEG9+f08D4Wwrz6bVJ6ysw8pfbHv4=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPyPy) [ cython ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPyPy) [ cython ];
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Unladen web framework for building APIs and app backends";
+    changelog = "https://falcon.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changes/${version}.html";
+    description = "Ultra-reliable, fast ASGI+WSGI framework for building data plane APIs at scale";
     homepage = "https://falconframework.org/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];