diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
index 306c33a91fdd0..5deb3cf97b8ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,19 @@ in {
   pypaBuildHook = callPackage ({ makePythonHook, build, wheel }:
     makePythonHook {
       name = "pypa-build-hook.sh";
-      propagatedBuildInputs = [ build wheel ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ wheel ];
+      substitutions = {
+        inherit build;
+      };
+      # A test to ensure that this hook never propagates any of its dependencies
+      #   into the build environment.
+      # This prevents false positive alerts raised by catchConflictsHook.
+      # Such conflicts don't happen within the standard nixpkgs python package
+      #   set, but in downstream projects that build packages depending on other
+      #   versions of this hook's dependencies.
+      passthru.tests = import ./pypa-build-hook-tests.nix {
+        inherit pythonForBuild runCommand;
+      };
     } ./pypa-build-hook.sh) {
       inherit (pythonForBuild.pkgs) build;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook-test.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook-test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d909e34241f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook-test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ pythonForBuild, runCommand }: {
+  dont-propagate-conflicting-deps = let
+    # customize a package so that its store paths differs
+    mkConflict = pkg: pkg.overrideAttrs { some_modification = true; };
+    # minimal pyproject.toml for the example project
+    pyprojectToml = builtins.toFile "pyproject.toml" ''
+      [project]
+      name = "my-project"
+      version = "1.0.0"
+    '';
+    # the source of the example project
+    projectSource = runCommand "my-project-source" {} ''
+      mkdir -p $out/src
+      cp ${pyprojectToml} $out/pyproject.toml
+      touch $out/src/__init__.py
+    '';
+    in
+    # this build must never triger conflicts
+    pythonForBuild.pkgs.buildPythonPackage {
+      pname = "dont-propagate-conflicting-deps";
+      version = "0.0.0";
+      src = projectSource;
+      format = "pyproject";
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        # At least one dependency of `build` should be included here to
+        # keep the test meaningful
+        (mkConflict pythonForBuild.pkgs.tomli)
+        # setuptools is also needed to build the example project
+        pythonForBuild.pkgs.setuptools
+      ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook.sh
index 5d77613bf565f..dd49d935bcee7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pypa-build-hook.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pypaBuildPhase() {
     runHook preBuild
 
     echo "Creating a wheel..."
-    pyproject-build --no-isolation --outdir dist/ --wheel $pypaBuildFlags
+    @build@/bin/pyproject-build --no-isolation --outdir dist/ --wheel $pypaBuildFlags
     echo "Finished creating a wheel..."
 
     runHook postBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bootstrap/build/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bootstrap/build/default.nix
index 639d2e3292cb0..f4e49bd65605c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bootstrap/build/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bootstrap/build/default.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 , packaging
 , pyproject-hooks
 , tomli
+, makeWrapper
 }:
 let
   buildBootstrapPythonModule = basePackage: attrs: stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     pname = "${python.libPrefix}-bootstrap-${basePackage.pname}";
     inherit (basePackage) version src meta;
 
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
     buildPhase = ''
       runHook preBuild
 
@@ -38,12 +41,30 @@ let
   bootstrap-pyproject-hooks = buildBootstrapPythonModule pyproject-hooks {};
 
   bootstrap-tomli = buildBootstrapPythonModule tomli {};
+
+  sitePkgs = python.sitePackages;
 in
 buildBootstrapPythonModule build {
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    bootstrap-packaging
-    bootstrap-pyproject-hooks
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (python.pythonOlder "3.11") [
-    bootstrap-tomli
-  ];
+  # like the installPhase above, but wrapping the pyproject-build command
+  #   to set up PYTHONPATH with the correct dependencies.
+  # This allows using `pyproject-build` without propagating its dependencies
+  #   into the build environment, which is necessary to prevent
+  #   pythonCatchConflicts from raising false positive alerts.
+  # This would happen whenever the package to build has a dependency on
+  #   another version of a package that is also a dependency of pyproject-build.
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    PYTHONPATH="${installer}/${python.sitePackages}" \
+      ${python.interpreter} -m installer \
+        --destdir "$out" --prefix "" dist/*.whl
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/pyproject-build \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$out/${sitePkgs}" \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "${bootstrap-pyproject-hooks}/${sitePkgs}" \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "${bootstrap-packaging}/${sitePkgs}" \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "${bootstrap-tomli}/${sitePkgs}"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 }