diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/fanficfare/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/fanficfare/default.nix
index 7d27a45b56fd..f60832e29bc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/fanficfare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/fanficfare/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,28 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "FanFicFare";
-  version = "4.25.0";
+  version = "4.29.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-ky6N/AcfoXJahW7tw++WtnpTnpRv4ZUraMTWjVXDjEE=";
+    hash = "sha256-dfPb/PWguUIUAR3EdriPygs5sozc69WZmN9bcqrNPFM=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     beautifulsoup4
+    brotli
     chardet
     cloudscraper
     html5lib
     html2text
+    requests
     requests-file
+    urllib3
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # no tests exist