diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/atlassian-python-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/atlassian-python-api/default.nix
index 8941296b2eb8..f95375ce9c9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/atlassian-python-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/atlassian-python-api/default.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
   six,
   typing-extensions,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "atlassian-python-api";
   version = "4.0.7";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "atlassian-api";
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-8zfM/3apGMo6sTPA5ESu2SkgVOJUA09Wz/pGR12fA7c=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   dependencies = [
     beautifulsoup4
     deprecated