diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix
index 179bb9666085..b6ff1f45440c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/whipper/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ let
 in python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "whipper";
   version = "0.10.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "whipper-team";
@@ -38,14 +39,15 @@ in python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles
     wrapGAppsNoGuiHook
     gobject-introspection
+  ];
 
-    setuptools-scm
+  build-system = with python3.pkgs; [
     docutils
-    setuptoolsCheckHook
+    setuptools-scm
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ in python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     twisted
+    pytestCheckHook
   ] ++ bins;
 
   makeWrapperArgs = [