diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datapoint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datapoint/default.nix
index 4142198bd36f..247456ef831a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datapoint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datapoint/default.nix
@@ -6,20 +6,28 @@
 , requests
 , pytestCheckHook
 , requests-mock
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "datapoint";
   version = "0.9.9";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ejep";
     repo = "datapoint-python";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-zUvwfBwJe8SaB96/Jz7Qeanz1mHmLVp2JW9qkR2dRnY=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     appdirs
     pytz
@@ -38,6 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Python interface to the Met Office's Datapoint API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ejep/datapoint-python";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/EJEP/datapoint-python/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
   };