diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix
index 6581fc6189be..e7ed4b1c356d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,35 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
 , requests
 , tabulate
 , pytestCheckHook
 , requests-mock
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "remotezip";
-  version = "0.12.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.12.3";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gtsystem";
     repo = "python-remotezip";
-    # upstream does not tag releases, determined with git blame
-    # pypi archive lacks files for tests
-    rev = "3723724d6d877d3166d52f4528ffa7bd5bf6627f";
-    hash = "sha256-iYxHW8RdLFrpjkcEvpfF/NWBnw7Dd5cx2ghpof2XFn4=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-TNEM7Dm4iH4Z/P/PAqjJppbn1CKmyi9Xpq/sU9O8uxg=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     requests
-    tabulate
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  checkInputs = [
     requests-mock
   ];