diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ed25519/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ed25519/default.nix
index 1e59c7a16361..80e405313cbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ed25519/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ed25519/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,45 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchPypi,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonAtLeast,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  versioneer,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ed25519";
   version = "1.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  # last commit in 2019, various compat issues with 3.12
-  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0n1k83ww0pr4q6z0h7p8hvy21hcgb96jvgllfbwhvvyf37h3w182";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "warner";
+    repo = "python-ed25519";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-AwnhB5UGycQliNndbqd0JlI4vKSehCSy0qHv2EiB+jA=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm versioneer.py
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    versioneer
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "ed25519"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Ed25519 public-key signatures";
     mainProgram = "edsig";
     homepage = "https://github.com/warner/python-ed25519";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/warner/python-ed25519/blob/${version}/NEWS";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ np ];
   };