diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hcaptcha/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hcaptcha/default.nix
index 9f51677dbdaa..cb0017420cb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hcaptcha/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-hcaptcha/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
   django,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "django-hcaptcha";
   version = "0.2.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit (finalAttrs) version;
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-slGerwzJeGWscvglMBEixc9h4eSFLWiVmUFgIirLbBo=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ django ];
 
   # No tests
   doCheck = false;