diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix
index c0d9ca20a0b1..a47328534272 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "boa-api";
   version = "0.1.14";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "boalang";
     repo = "api-python";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8tt68NLi5ewSKiHdu3gDawTBPylbDmB4zlUUqa7EQuY=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-8tt68NLi5ewSKiHdu3gDawTBPylbDmB4zlUUqa7EQuY=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   # upstream has no tests
   doCheck = false;
 
@@ -24,8 +29,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/boalang/api-python";
     description = "Python client API for communicating with Boa's (https://boa.cs.iastate.edu/) XML-RPC based services";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/boalang/api-python/blob/${src.rev}/Changes.txt";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/boalang/api-python/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/Changes.txt";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ swflint ];
   };
-}
+})