diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sat/default.nix
index 8b6e8716a56b..4624eb5cb6ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sat/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
 {
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchPypi,
   lib,
+  setuptools,
   six,
   pypblib,
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-sat";
-  version = "0.1.8.dev20";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "1.8.dev24";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "pysathq";
-    repo = "pysat";
-    rev = "d94f51e5eff2feef35abbc25480659eafa615cc0"; # upstream does not tag releases
-    hash = "sha256-fKZcdEVuqpv8jWnK8Cr1UJ7szJqXivK6x3YPYHH5ccI=";
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "python_sat";
+    hash = "sha256-f9NnaPcHdNNInWTvpkg91ieaYejJ29kAAOLcbnbDmM0=";
   };
 
-  # Build SAT solver backends in parallel and fix hard-coded g++ reference for
-  # darwin, where stdenv uses clang
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace solvers/prepare.py \
-      --replace-fail "&& make &&" "&& make -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES &&"
-    substituteInPlace solvers/patches/glucose421.patch \
-      --replace-fail "+CXX      := g++" "+CXX      := c++"
+  preBuild = ''
+    export MAKEFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -32,12 +29,25 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     pypblib
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pysat"
+    "pysat.examples"
+    "pysat.allies"
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
-  disabledTestPaths = [ "tests/test_unique_mus.py" ];
+  # Due to `python -m pytest` appending the local directory to `PYTHONPATH`,
+  # importing `pysat.examples` in the tests fails. Removing the `pysat`
+  # directory fixes since then only the installed version in `$out` is
+  # imported, which has `pysat.examples` correctly installed.
+  # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/255262
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -r pysat
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Toolkit to provide interface for various SAT (without optional dependancy py-aiger-cnf)";
+    description = "Toolkit for SAT-based prototyping in Python (without optional dependencies)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pysathq/pysat";
     changelog = "https://pysathq.github.io/updates/";
     license = licenses.mit;