diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sockjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sockjs/default.nix
index 3268a20052f8..c23e116d928c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sockjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sockjs/default.nix
@@ -2,26 +2,40 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  fetchpatch,
   aiohttp,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sockjs";
   version = "0.13.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-V+lZoj8gqNVRSdHl2ws7hwcm8rStgWbUG9z0EbNs33Y=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ aiohttp ];
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/aio-libs/sockjs/pull/453
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "replace-async-timeout-with-asyncio.timeout.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/aio-libs/sockjs/commit/322cec1ddc4ba35d6409565fa170eb03dbaa405b.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-DV+OFiFV/A7ts24xz7pbTYXVvy/NA5kzwayj0m9Kt3I=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ aiohttp ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "sockjs" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Sockjs server";
     homepage = "https://github.com/aio-libs/sockjs";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/aio-libs/sockjs/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };