diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/socialscan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/socialscan/default.nix
index c97677dba1bc..073553c1e196 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/socialscan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/socialscan/default.nix
@@ -4,22 +4,25 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   colorama,
+  setuptools,
   tqdm,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "socialscan";
   version = "2.0.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iojw";
     repo = "socialscan";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-4JJVhB6x1NGagtfzE03Jae2GOr25hh+4l7gQ23zc7Ck=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     aiohttp
     colorama
     tqdm
@@ -34,8 +37,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Python library and CLI for accurately querying username and email usage on online platforms";
     mainProgram = "socialscan";
     homepage = "https://github.com/iojw/socialscan";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/iojw/socialscan/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/iojw/socialscan/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mpl20 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
   };
-}
+})