diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zodbpickle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zodbpickle/default.nix
index be3a8f85cb07..6b0b0a97b584 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zodbpickle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zodbpickle/default.nix
@@ -3,25 +3,41 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "zodbpickle";
-  version = "4.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "4.1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-esg1awxi3HQA+b0mUyX2Fe7LJPFDWFnB4utEQ1ivt1c=";
+    hash = "sha256-38DJFe8Umd0GA5cPXBECxr1+t7asRkNLKabYQL8Cckg=";
   };
 
-  # fails..
-  doCheck = false;
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace "setuptools<74" "setuptools"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "zodbpickle" ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  # fails..
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_dump"
+    "test_dumps"
+    "test_load"
+    "test_loads"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fork of Python's pickle module to work with ZODB";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zopefoundation/zodbpickle";