diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qcs-api-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qcs-api-client/default.nix
index 8fd24d957ca7..49c1c993e32e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qcs-api-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qcs-api-client/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 { lib
 , attrs
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , httpx
 , iso8601
+, poetry-core
 , pydantic
 , pyjwt
 , pytest-asyncio
@@ -19,15 +21,21 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "qcs-api-client";
   version = "0.20.9";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "7b4e890ca9d9996060690629eee88db49c5fa4bde520910d48dd20323d1c5574";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rigetti";
+    repo = "qcs-api-client-python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bQ+5TZzjxGnNRsENEW/sN7sF6SOcgWl4MFtLekD0D+8=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     attrs
     httpx
@@ -46,15 +54,28 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     respx
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Switch to poetry-core, https://github.com/rigetti/qcs-api-client-python/pull/2
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "switch-to-poetry-core.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/rigetti/qcs-api-client-python/commit/32f0b3c7070a65f4edf5b2552648d88435469e44.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-mOc+Q/5cmwPziojtxeEMWWHSDvqvzZlNRbPtOSeTinQ=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "attrs>=20.1.0,<21.0.0" "attrs" \
-      --replace "httpx>=0.15.0,<0.16.0" "httpx" \
-      --replace "pyjwt>=1.7.1,<2.0.0" "pyjwt"
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace 'attrs = "^20.1.0"' 'attrs = "*"' \
+      --replace 'httpx = "^0.15.0"' 'httpx = "*"' \
+      --replace 'iso8601 = "^0.1.13"' 'iso8601 = "*"' \
+      --replace 'pydantic = "^1.7.2"' 'pydantic = "*"' \
+      --replace 'pyjwt = "^1.7.1"' 'pyjwt = "*"'
   '';
 
-  # Project has no tests
-  doCheck = false;
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # Test is outdated
+    "tests/test_client/test_client.py"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "qcs_api_client"