diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix
index d265df1263ba..58b16639fcab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-texttospeech/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 , pytest-asyncio
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-cloud-texttospeech";
   version = "2.16.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-6qyAnZp9B8XJ61hhORZULLL6UsFPnzHaf/SYn3F/jgw=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     google-api-core
     proto-plus