diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix
index d07e11c8fcbf..1f736189e85c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  importlib-metadata,
-  isPy3k,
   cryptography,
   charset-normalizer,
   pythonOlder,
-  typing-extensions,
   pytestCheckHook,
   setuptools,
   substituteAll,
@@ -16,16 +13,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pdfminer-six";
-  version = "20231228";
+  version = "20240706";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pdfminer";
     repo = "pdfminer.six";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-LXPECQQojD3IY9zRkrDBufy4A8XUuYiRpryqUx/I3qo=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-aY7GQADRxeiclr6/G3RRgrPcl8rGiC85JYEIjIa+vG0=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -35,17 +32,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [
-      charset-normalizer
-      cryptography
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
-      importlib-metadata
-      typing-extensions
-    ];
+  dependencies = [
+    charset-normalizer
+    cryptography
+  ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     for file in $out/bin/*.py; do
@@ -67,6 +59,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     description = "PDF parser and analyzer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/disable-setuptools-git-versioning.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/disable-setuptools-git-versioning.patch
index 2dec0e147b9f..809cc024ff2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/disable-setuptools-git-versioning.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer-six/disable-setuptools-git-versioning.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 42764e2..e7b93d3 100644
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
-@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
+@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
  
  setup(
      name="pdfminer.six",
 -    setuptools_git_versioning={
 -        "enabled": True,
 -    },
--    setup_requires=["setuptools-git-versioning<2"],
+-    setup_requires=["setuptools-git-versioning<3"],
 +    version="@version@",
      packages=["pdfminer"],
      package_data={"pdfminer": ["cmap/*.pickle.gz", "py.typed"]},