diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/proxy_tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/proxy-tools/default.nix
similarity index 78%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/proxy_tools/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/proxy-tools/default.nix
index 03f3f92f9da9..beb91a433388 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/proxy_tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/proxy-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "proxy_tools";
+  pname = "proxy-tools";
   version = "0.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
+    pname = "proxy_tools";
+    inherit version;
     hash = "sha256-zLN1H1KcBH4tilhEDYayBTA88P6BRveE0cvNlPCigBA=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   # no tests in pypi
   doCheck = false;
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "proxy_tools" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebview/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebview/default.nix
index 246f1ae55d2c..9db835f1d547 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywebview/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , setuptools-scm
 , bottle
 , importlib-resources
-, proxy_tools
+, proxy-tools
 , pygobject3
 , pyqtwebengine
 , pytest
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     bottle
     pyqtwebengine
-    proxy_tools
+    proxy-tools
     six
   ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.7") [
     importlib-resources
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 9d1fddd074f4..2d96df47c7d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   prometheus_client = prometheus-client; # added 2021-06-10
   prompt_toolkit = prompt-toolkit; # added 2021-07-22
   protonup = protonup-ng; # Added 2022-11-06
+  proxy_tools = proxy-tools; # added 2023-11-05
   pur = throw "pur has been renamed to pkgs.pur"; # added 2021-11-08
   pushbullet = pushbullet-py;  # Added 2022-10-15
   Pweave = pweave; # added 2023-02-19
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2fd58ddb654f..6156e0039a42 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9115,7 +9115,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   propka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/propka { };
 
-  proxy_tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/proxy_tools { };
+  proxy-tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/proxy-tools { };
 
   proxy-db = callPackage ../development/python-modules/proxy-db { };