diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hiredis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hiredis/default.nix
index d9a6917ae5d8..4125f1c19817 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hiredis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hiredis/default.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
 
-  # tested using
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # tests
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "hiredis";
-  version = "2.3.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -20,9 +23,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     repo = "hiredis-py";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-7hTGXHNECy+dSsop0ULsNZvGFecCIEv+q46s7t/K7k8=";
+    hash = "sha256-PnCSf7ZEPNtweQEnWTHCCVCvg5QGxGeBSAZCFHOziDQ=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "hiredis" ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];