diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swift/default.nix
index ddcecdb3e6b3..26806dea71a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swift/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swift/default.nix
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "swift";
-  version = "2.33.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "2.34.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-4TlJcquK8MC9zQfLKmb88B5xHje1kbPD2jSLiR+N8hs=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZvdWWvPUdZIEadxV0nhqgTXhgJJu+hD1LnYCAP+9gpM=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     rm test/functional/s3api/{__init__.py,s3_test_client.py}
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    installShellFiles
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  build-system = [
     pbr
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -57,17 +59,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     xattr
   ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    installManPage doc/manpages/*
-  '';
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     boto3
     mock
     stestr
     swiftclient
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    installManPage doc/manpages/*
+  '';
+
   # a lot of tests currently fail while establishing a connection
   doCheck = false;