diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack-admin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack-admin/default.nix
index 624c5ba258b2..9d3f931cac5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack-admin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack-admin/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, python,
-  django_hijack, django_nose }:
+  django-hijack, django_nose }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-hijack-admin";
   version = "2.1.10";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ django_nose ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django_hijack ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django-hijack ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack/default.nix
index cefcf75f6b56..47719995c69a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hijack/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,57 @@
 { lib
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchNpmDeps
 , buildPythonPackage
+
+# build-system
+, gettext
+, nodejs
+, npmHooks
+, setuptools-scm
+
+# dependencies
 , django
 , django_compat
+
+# tests
 , pytest-django
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-hijack";
-  version = "3.2.6";
+  version = "3.3.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  # the wheel comes with pre-built assets, allowing us to avoid fighting
-  # with npm/webpack/gettext to build them ourselves.
-  format = "wheel";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit version format;
-    pname = "django_hijack";
-    dist = "py3";
-    python = "py3";
-    hash = "sha256-xFPZ03II1814+bZ5gx7GD/AxYMiLuH6awfSeXEraOHQ=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "django-hijack";
+    repo = "django-hijack";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ytQ4xxkBAC3amQbenD8RO5asrbfNAjOspWUY3c2hkig=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace 'cmd = ["npm", "ci"]' 'cmd = ["true"]' \
+      --replace 'f"{self.build_lib}/{name}.mo"' 'f"{name}.mo"'
+
+    sed -i "/addopts/d" setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  npmDeps = fetchNpmDeps {
+    inherit src;
+    hash = "sha256-FLfMCn2jsLlTTsC+LRMX0dmVCCbNAr2pQUsSQRKgo6E=";
+  };
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    nodejs
+    npmHooks.npmConfigHook
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     django
     django_compat
@@ -33,13 +62,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytest-django
   ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='hijack.tests.test_app.settings'
-  '';
+  env.DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "hijack.tests.test_app.settings";
 
   pytestFlagsArray = [
-    "--pyargs"
-    "hijack"
+    "--pyargs" "hijack"
+    "-W" "ignore::DeprecationWarning"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 3afced25ae9c..69ca3146cda7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ mapAliases ({
   django_environ = django-environ; # added 2021-12-25
   django_extensions = django-extensions; # added 2022-01-09
   django_guardian = django-guardian; # added 2022-05-19
+  django_hijack = django-hijack; # added 2023-05-16
+  django_hijack_admin = django-hijack-admin; # added 2023-05-16
   django_modelcluster = django-modelcluster; # added 2022-04-02
   django_reversion = django-reversion; # added 2022-06-18
   django_polymorphic = django-polymorphic; # added 2022-05-24
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f9f27fd4b2a5..903001e5e757 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2693,10 +2693,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-hierarkey = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-hierarkey { };
 
-  django_hijack_admin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-hijack-admin { };
+  django-hijack-admin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-hijack-admin { };
 
-  django_hijack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-hijack { };
-  # This package may need an older version of Django. Override the package set and set e.g. `django = super.django_1_9`. See the Nixpkgs manual for examples on how to override the package set.
+  django-hijack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-hijack { };
 
   django-i18nfield = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-i18nfield { };