diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix
index a5ad0d280fd8..471aa322d1bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pivy/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
   pkgs,
   qtbase,
   qmake,
@@ -10,16 +11,18 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pivy";
-  version = "0.6.8";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.6.9";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "coin3d";
     repo = "pivy";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-y72nzZAelyRDR2JS73/0jo2x/XiDZpsERPZV3gzIhAI=";
+    hash = "sha256-wWM8eKTehWCIbRxxWkZ4YrYyeIJuzQaBOUMrW9a5MVo=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       \$'{Coin_INCLUDE_DIR}'\;\$'{SoQt_INCLUDE_DIRS}'
   '';
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pivy" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/coin3d/pivy/";
     description = "Python binding for Coin";