diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix
index 90dfe5598785..18ac893e9261 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , pythonOlder
-, pytestCheckHook
-, expecttest
-, pytest-timeout
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pdm-backend
 , huggingface-hub
 , pyyaml
 , safetensors
 , torch
 , torchvision
+, expecttest
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-timeout
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "timm";
-  version = "0.9.12";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.9.16";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -23,9 +24,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "huggingface";
     repo = "pytorch-image-models";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-dDd/Sjy4xmJlaAg+fOxxcuX3FX//uJJkW0q3AaeCfns=";
+    hash = "sha256-IWEDKuI2565Z07q1MxTpzKS+CROPR6SyaD5fKcQ5eXk=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pdm-backend
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     huggingface-hub
     pyyaml