diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/default.nix
index 3e2c03771bf4..d07951e64222 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
   prometheus-client,
   pytest-django,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -10,25 +10,27 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-prometheus";
-  version = "2.3.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "korfuri";
+    owner = "django-commons";
     repo = "django-prometheus";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-JiLH+4mmNdb9BN81J5YFiMPna/3gaKUK6ARjmCa3fE8=";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-cKkpsV3w2SUvQuSBm0MlTsomdrU4h7CS5L+nKFvrKA8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./drop-untestable-database-backends.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools >= 67.7.2, < 72.0.0" setuptools
+
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace '"pytest-runner"' ""
+      --replace-fail '"pytest-runner"' ""
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ prometheus-client ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ prometheus-client ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "django_prometheus" ];
 
@@ -38,9 +40,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/korfuri/django-prometheus/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/django-commons/django-prometheus/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "Django middlewares to monitor your application with Prometheus.io";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/korfuri/django-prometheus";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/django-commons/django-prometheus";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/drop-untestable-database-backends.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/drop-untestable-database-backends.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 41f1229c5e59..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-prometheus/drop-untestable-database-backends.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/django_prometheus/tests/end2end/testapp/settings.py b/django_prometheus/tests/end2end/testapp/settings.py
-index cdd167f..5c6073b 100644
---- a/django_prometheus/tests/end2end/testapp/settings.py
-+++ b/django_prometheus/tests/end2end/testapp/settings.py
-@@ -53,33 +53,6 @@ DATABASES = {
-         "ENGINE": "django_prometheus.db.backends.sqlite3",
-         "NAME": "db.sqlite3",
-     },
--    # Comment this to not test django_prometheus.db.backends.postgres.
--    "postgresql": {
--        "ENGINE": "django_prometheus.db.backends.postgresql",
--        "NAME": "postgres",
--        "USER": "postgres",
--        "PASSWORD": "",
--        "HOST": "localhost",
--        "PORT": "5432",
--    },
--    # Comment this to not test django_prometheus.db.backends.postgis.
--    "postgis": {
--        "ENGINE": "django_prometheus.db.backends.postgis",
--        "NAME": "postgis",
--        "USER": "postgres",
--        "PASSWORD": "",
--        "HOST": "localhost",
--        "PORT": "5432",
--    },
--    # Comment this to not test django_prometheus.db.backends.mysql.
--    "mysql": {
--        "ENGINE": "django_prometheus.db.backends.mysql",
--        "NAME": "django_prometheus_1",
--        "USER": "root",
--        "PASSWORD": "",
--        "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
--        "PORT": "3306",
--    },
-     # The following databases are used by test_db.py only
-     "test_db_1": {
-         "ENGINE": "django_prometheus.db.backends.sqlite3",