diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix
index ac95520aa2eb..5245d30efdda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,26 @@
 {
   lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
   aiohttp,
-  msgpack,
+  buildPythonPackage,
   cryptography,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  hatchling,
+  msgpack,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "wslink";
-  version = "2.5.0";
+  version = "2.5.7";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kitware";
     repo = "wslink";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-g1I8qCuqfv+pA3IP7b57PZ7vCsykpfJNG97NgJ+N5lE=";
+    hash = "sha256-47vHc+b5Z3ipkLZ5k0yEasNaKz0Seu2jiGBVmAI5u6U=";
   };
 
-  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/python";
-
-  # add missing version string to dist-info
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "/name *= */a\    version='${finalAttrs.version}'," setup.py
-  '';
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ hatchling ];
 
   dependencies = [
     aiohttp
@@ -46,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Python/JavaScript library for communicating over WebSocket";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Kitware/wslink";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/Kitware/wslink/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Kitware/wslink/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ qbisi ];
   };