diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzf/default.nix
index bcf7ea480a42..c2592f956253 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzf/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  unittestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.2.4";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.2.6";
   pname = "python-lzf";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1l8m6vzwm1m8hn7ldw8j8r2b6r199k8z3q0wnhdyy4p68hahyhni";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "teepark";
+    repo = "python-lzf";
+    rev = "refs/tags/release-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-n5E75kRqe0dDbyFicoyLBAVi/SuoUU7qJka3viipQk8=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "liblzf python bindings";
     homepage = "https://github.com/teepark/python-lzf";