diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix
index 633cf9c15f6b..ddd5b72b929d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,46 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k
-, pytest, requests }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, poetry-core
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, requests
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "zm-py";
-  version = "0.5.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.5.4";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "b391cca0e52f2a887aa7a46c314b73335b7e3341c428b425fcf314983e5ebb36";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rohankapoorcom";
+    repo = "zm-py";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-n9FRX2Pnn96H0HVT4SHLJgONc0XzQ005itMNpvl9IYg=";
   };
 
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytest ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    PYTHONPATH="./zoneminder:$PYTHONPATH" pytest
-  '';
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "zoneminder"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A loose python wrapper around the ZoneMinder REST API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rohankapoorcom/zm-py";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rohankapoorcom/zm-py/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
   };