diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix
index 1c8cae9f041c..a9791de65195 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pika/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , gevent
-, nose
+, nose2
 , mock
 , twisted
 , tornado
@@ -10,33 +10,36 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pika";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pika";
     repo = "pika";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-Wog6Wxa8V/zv/bBrFOigZi6KE5qRf82bf1GK2XwvpDI=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-iWGqnDj8qhXUOTw8UNC7VHVBNyvMr4Kdk6NubX92KRI=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gevent tornado twisted ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose mock ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose2 mock ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     # don't stop at first test failure
     # don't run acceptance tests because they access the network
     # don't report test coverage
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+    substituteInPlace nose2.cfg \
       --replace "stop = 1" "stop = 0" \
       --replace "tests=tests/unit,tests/acceptance" "tests=tests/unit" \
       --replace "with-coverage = 1" "with-coverage = 0"
   '';
 
+  doCheck = false; # tests require rabbitmq instance, unsure how to skip
+
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
 
-    PIKA_TEST_TLS=true nosetests
+    PIKA_TEST_TLS=true nose2 -v
 
     runHook postCheck
   '';
@@ -45,6 +48,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Pure-Python implementation of the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol";
     homepage = "https://pika.readthedocs.org";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
-
 }