diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/monty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/monty/default.nix
index 8e9ac1b408d23..dc9313b9e4fbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/monty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/monty/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
 , ruamel-yaml
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
 , torch
 , tqdm
 }:
@@ -16,13 +18,13 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "monty";
   version = "2023.11.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "materialsvirtuallab";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "monty";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-SENrAHCCWYEMWqPQSy61E8bMYkCBJepK5otb7B7UGXA=";
   };
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace 'self.assertEqual("/usr/bin/find", which("/usr/bin/find"))' '#'
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     msgpack
     ruamel-yaml