diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-common/default.nix
index 15f5d663579f..2bc7a0672dba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-common/default.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,45 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, poetry-core
-, argparse-dataclass
-, configargparse
+{
+  lib,
+  argparse-dataclass,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  configargparse,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  poetry-core,
+  pythonOlder,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "snakemake-interface-common";
   version = "1.17.2";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "snakemake";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "snakemake-interface-common";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-N8mSS+gABAgXm01BcsMk89a3HsIsc3RHxCAi3GlxtRg=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    poetry-core
-  ];
+  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     argparse-dataclass
     configargparse
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "snakemake_interface_common" ];
 
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests/tests.py" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Common functions and classes for Snakemake and its plugins";
     homepage = "https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-interface-common";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-interface-common/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
   };