diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix
index 2d34fa5b8455..9b0d48f92fc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dicomweb-client/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
-  setuptools,
+  hatchling,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-localserver,
   numpy,
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.60.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ImagingDataCommons";
     repo = "dicomweb-client";
@@ -27,7 +25,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-ZxeZiCw8I5+Bf266PQ6WQA8mBRC7K3/kZrmuW4l6kQU=";
   };
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail ', "uv-dynamic-versioning"' "" \
+      --replace-fail 'dynamic = ["version"]' 'version = "${version}"'
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
 
   dependencies = [
     numpy
@@ -44,12 +50,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "dicomweb_client" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Python client for DICOMweb RESTful services";
     homepage = "https://dicomweb-client.readthedocs.io";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/dicomweb-client/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     mainProgram = "dicomweb_client";
   };
 }