diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
index b7f7646f18bd..3735dab43ff8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 {
   lib,
-  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  cmake,
+
+  # build-system
+  scikit-build-core,
   cython,
   oldest-supported-numpy,
-  scikit-build,
-  setuptools,
-  tbb,
+
+  # nativeBuildInputs
+  cmake,
+  ninja,
+
+  # buildInputs
+  tbb_2022,
+  nanobind,
+
+  # dependencies
   numpy,
   rowan,
   scipy,
+  parsnip,
+
+  # tests
   pytestCheckHook,
   python,
   gsd,
@@ -22,25 +32,17 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "freud";
-  version = "3.3.1";
+  version = "3.4.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "glotzerlab";
     repo = "freud";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-3THoGPjfaDy2s96+Oaf1f2SDzxTaqRDQlNa3gZ/ytUU=";
+    hash = "sha256-JX3pbzNTj85UTAtWYnDRvtJSjS27qgY/vitaAjmXbjA=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/glotzerlab/freud/issues/1269
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/glotzerlab/freud/commit/8f636e3815737945e45da5b9996b5f69df07c9a5.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-PLorRrYj16oBWHYzXDq62kECzVTtyr+1Z20DJqTkXxg=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # Because we prefer to not `leaveDotGit`, we need to fool upstream into
   # thinking we left the .git files in the submodules, so cmake won't think we
   # didn't initialize them. Upstream doesn't support using the system wide
@@ -51,20 +53,27 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     touch extern/{voro++,fsph,Eigen}/.git
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
+  build-system = [
+    scikit-build-core
     cython
     oldest-supported-numpy
-    scikit-build
-    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
   ];
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
-  buildInputs = [ tbb ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    tbb_2022
+    nanobind
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     numpy
     rowan
     scipy
+    parsnip
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -73,14 +82,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     matplotlib
     sympy
   ];
-  disabledTests = [
-    # https://github.com/glotzerlab/freud/issues/961
-    #
-    # For x86_64-linux, see:
-    #
-    # https://github.com/glotzerlab/freud/issues/961#issuecomment-2553344968
-    "test_docstring"
-  ];
   # On top of cd $out due to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/255262 ,
   # we need to also copy the tests because otherwise pytest won't find them.
   preCheck = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9dcf670fbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsnip/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  wheel,
+  more-itertools,
+  numpy,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "parsnip";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "glotzerlab";
+    repo = "parsnip";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Nac0afep7+HkpSBpqClHpPFSc8H3g8l4q067RQe5K54=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    more-itertools
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "parsnip"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Lightweight, performant library for parsing CIF files in Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/glotzerlab/parsnip";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/glotzerlab/parsnip/blob/${src.rev}/changelog.rst";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rowan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rowan/default.nix
index 84b872d871a7..003582e9ea8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rowan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rowan/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rowan";
-  version = "1.3.0";
+  version = "1.3.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "glotzerlab";
     repo = "rowan";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-klIqyX04w1xYmYtAbLF5jwpcJ83oKOaENboxyCL70EY=";
+    hash = "sha256-fcxVpzLhbLjPIifNBx0olq1dUTmNM9IH38MQybkWZSg=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8ab14d9d8cd5..dac11ca3e051 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11437,6 +11437,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   parsley = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parsley { };
 
+  parsnip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parsnip { };
+
   parso = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parso { };
 
   parsy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parsy { };