diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix
index 96bec81c9172..31f40e64ff90 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   git,
   hypothesis,
+  license-expression,
   nix-update-script,
-  pydantic-yaml,
   pyfakefs,
   pygit2,
   pytest-check,
   pytest-mock,
+  pytest-subprocess,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   pyyaml,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "craft-application";
-  version = "3.2.0";
+  version = "4.2.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.10";
@@ -35,12 +36,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "canonical";
     repo = "craft-application";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-2JfCe7FJtuObC/4miA+OC/ctGy1fhdgI7DsowNYjQk8=";
+    hash = "sha256-Z9jiIVPh/DozFHoE478VQWinpohOOQplkxFP2ZyAySE=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail "setuptools==70.1.0" "setuptools"
+      --replace-fail "setuptools==74.1.1" "setuptools"
   '';
 
   build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     craft-grammar
     craft-parts
     craft-providers
-    pydantic-yaml
+    license-expression
     pygit2
     pyyaml
     snap-helpers
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyfakefs
     pytest-check
     pytest-mock
+    pytest-subprocess
     pytestCheckHook
     responses
   ];