diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cvelib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cvelib/default.nix
index 1c5fc15b94b9..72abff8eccfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cvelib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cvelib/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , click
+, cve
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , jsonschema
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
 , requests
+, setuptools
 , testers
-, cve
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "cvelib";
   version = "1.4.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -24,7 +25,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-nj5bkep8jYJE1qh2zNxivjKOpHj93UZ8bU+qNs2On8s=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  postPatch = ''
+    # collective.checkdocs is unmaintained for over 10 years
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail '"collective.checkdocs",' ""
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     click
     jsonschema
     requests
@@ -43,6 +54,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Library and a command line interface for the CVE Services API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/RedHatProductSecurity/cvelib";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/RedHatProductSecurity/cvelib/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raboof ];
     mainProgram = "cve";