diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrgb-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrgb-python/default.nix
index d78b17d92b8f..c41c1d9760b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrgb-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrgb-python/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "openrgb-python";
   version = "0.3.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-2eeb2XHYvBaHkHHs9KxZKDGXtcLaT28c/aLC9pxrRmM=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   # Module has no tests
   doCheck = false;