diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
index a0145c30c553..1d49929d2710 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@
   pillow,
   pywavelets,
   fetchpatch,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyssim";
   version = "0.7";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
   dependencies = [
     numpy
@@ -24,8 +29,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # PyPI tarball doesn't contain test images so let's use GitHub
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jterrace";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "pyssim";
+    tag = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-LDNIugQeRqNsAZ5ZxS/NxHokEAwefpfRutTRpR0IcXk=";
   };
 
@@ -39,17 +44,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # Tests are copied from .github/workflows/python-package.yml
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
     $out/bin/pyssim test-images/test1-1.png test-images/test1-1.png | grep 1
     $out/bin/pyssim test-images/test1-1.png test-images/test1-2.png | grep 0.998
     $out/bin/pyssim test-images/test1-1.png "test-images/*" | grep -E " 1| 0.998| 0.672| 0.648" | wc -l | grep 4
     $out/bin/pyssim --cw --width 128 --height 128 test-images/test1-1.png test-images/test1-1.png | grep 1
     $out/bin/pyssim --cw --width 128 --height 128 test-images/test3-orig.jpg test-images/test3-rot.jpg | grep 0.938
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Module for computing Structured Similarity Image Metric (SSIM) in Python";
     mainProgram = "pyssim";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGES.md";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jluttine ];
   };