diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix
index a93653e7e83f..9708ee4c6925 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, flit-core
 , pythonOlder
-, glibcLocales
 , typing-extensions
 , unittestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "PyPDF2";
-  version = "2.11.1";
+  version = "3.0.1";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-PHut1RLCFxHrF4nC6tv5YnkonA+URS7lSoZHO/vv1zI=";
+    hash = "sha256-p0QI9pumJx9xuTUu9O0D3FOjGqQE0ptdMfU7/s/uFEA=";
   };
 
-  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [
     typing-extensions