diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix
index 44648cbbff72..00edd1433813 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
 , requests
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "publicsuffixlist";
   version = "0.10.0.20231030";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-1yRv6zg9mKJTinR57QHvCx/0mi0b2O3CkcoH1v4QuNo=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   passthru.optional-dependencies = {
     update = [
       requests