diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix
index ef8a82a1cd42..45cf827a82a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,44 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, pytestCheckHook
+
+# build-system
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+
+# tests
 , astropy
-, astropy-helpers
+, numpy
 , pillow
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyavm";
-  version = "0.9.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.9.6";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "PyAVM";
     inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-gV78ypvYwohHmdjP3lN5F97PfmxuV91tvw5gsYeZ7i8=";
+    hash = "sha256-s7eLPoAHDbY9tPt3RA5zJg+NuTtVV/SqpUUR3NrG8m0=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    astropy-helpers
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     astropy
+    numpy
     pillow
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  # Disable automatic update of the astropy-helper module
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "auto_use = True" "auto_use = False"
-  '';
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyavm" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pyavm"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Simple pure-python AVM meta-data handling";