diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix
index 0ce5b2f90394..06af9630188b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,26 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , python
+, setuptools
 , dbus, pytest, pytest-cov, pytest-asyncio, pytest-timeout
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dbus-next";
   version = "0.2.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "altdesktop";
     repo = "python-dbus-next";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-EKEQZFRUe+E65Z6DNCJFL5uCI5kbXrN7Tzd4O0X5Cqo=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     dbus
     pytest