diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix
index bca2a363f3c4..f2e5a4b599a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elasticsearch/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage
+{ lib
+, aiohttp
+, buildPythonPackage
+, certifi
+, elastic-transport
 , fetchPypi
-, setuptools
-, urllib3, requests
-, nosexcover, mock
-, lib
+, pythonOlder
+, requests
+, urllib3
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage (rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "elasticsearch";
   version = "8.11.0";
-  pyproject = true;
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -17,14 +22,30 @@ buildPythonPackage (rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
+    elastic-transport
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    urllib3
+    certifi
+  ];
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    requests = [
+      requests
+    ];
+    async = [
+      aiohttp
+    ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "elasticsearch"
   ];
 
   # Check is disabled because running them destroy the content of the local cluster!
   # https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py/tree/master/test_elasticsearch
   doCheck = false;
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ urllib3 requests ];
-  buildInputs = [ nosexcover mock ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Official low-level client for Elasticsearch";
@@ -33,4 +54,4 @@ buildPythonPackage (rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
   };
-})
+}