diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-bidi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-bidi/default.nix
index c18f52714c3c..0c35e6579696 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-bidi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-bidi/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,39 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  six,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-bidi";
-  version = "0.4.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "U0f3HoKz6Zdtxlfwne0r/jm6jWd3yoGlssVsMBIcSW4=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "MeirKriheli";
+    repo = "python-bidi";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-LrXt9qaXfy8Rn9HjU4YSTFT4WsqzwCgh0flcxXOTF6E=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
+    inherit src;
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-34R8T8cXiX1iRx/Zb51Eb/nf0wLpN38hz0VnsmzPzws=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    rustPlatform.maturinBuildHook
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -rf bidi
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/MeirKriheli/python-bidi";