diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix
index f2a707ff3226..13031abcd538 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trackpy/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
   looseversion,
   matplotlib,
   numba,
@@ -13,19 +14,23 @@
   scipy,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "trackpy";
   version = "0.7";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "soft-matter";
     repo = "trackpy";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-3e+gHdn/4n8T78eA3Gjz1TdSI4Hd935U2pqd8wG+U0M=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     looseversion
     matplotlib
     numba
@@ -49,9 +54,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Particle-tracking toolkit";
     homepage = "https://github.com/soft-matter/trackpy";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/soft-matter/trackpy/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/soft-matter/trackpy/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ ];
     broken = (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64);
   };
-}
+})