diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/polars/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/polars/default.nix
index 991a3a3684cd..d967ca27c8ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/polars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/polars/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 }:
 let
   pname = "polars";
-  version = "0.19.12";
+  version = "0.20.0";
   rootSource = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pola-rs";
     repo = "polars";
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ let
 in
 buildPythonPackage {
   inherit pname version;
-  format = "pyproject";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
   src = rootSource;
 
   # Cargo.lock file is sometimes behind actual release which throws an error,
@@ -46,12 +48,15 @@ buildPythonPackage {
       "jsonpath_lib-0.3.0" = "sha256-NKszYpDGG8VxfZSMbsTlzcMGFHBOUeFojNw4P2wM3qk=";
     };
   };
+
   cargoRoot = "py-polars";
 
   # Revisit this whenever package or Rust is upgraded
   RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [ typing-extensions ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
 
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
 
@@ -71,7 +76,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "polars" ];
   # nativeCheckInputs = [
   #   pytestCheckHook
   #   fixtures
@@ -82,9 +86,14 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   #   pydot
   # ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "polars"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Fast multi-threaded DataFrame library in Rust | Python | Node.js ";
+    description = "Fast multi-threaded DataFrame library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pola-rs/polars";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/releases/tag/py-${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
   };