diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix
index c5624deaf46e..3c9d8f250585 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-localserver,
   numpy,
@@ -15,8 +16,9 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dicomweb-client";
   version = "0.59.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ImagingDataCommons";
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-h9gFCBmutTGNJ3wP2AGPfiUtA49yywUlNKiSh/x9kFE=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     numpy
     pillow
     pydicom
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python client for DICOMweb RESTful services";
     homepage = "https://dicomweb-client.readthedocs.io";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/dicomweb-client/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     mainProgram = "dicomweb_client";