diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix
index 586f0cafd721..b742ee5902b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wn/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   fetchPypi,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
-  flit-core,
-  requests,
+  hatchling,
+  httpx,
   tomli,
 }:
 
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.11.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-TDvTNh+5cxgBoy9nuXItHOdtfbsP+3F16egZjUBSpak=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ flit-core ];
+  build-system = [ hatchling ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    requests
+  dependencies = [
+    httpx
     tomli
   ];