diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-ce/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-ce/default.nix
index 386fd25c22c8..c677b9a4654a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-ce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-ce/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   cython,
   ninja,
   meson-python,
+  pyproject-metadata,
 
   fontconfig,
   freetype,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pygame-ce";
-  version = "2.5.3";
+  version = "2.5.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "pygame-community";
     repo = "pygame-ce";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-Vl9UwCknbMHdsB1wwo/JqybWz3UbAMegIcO0GpiCxig=";
+    hash = "sha256-joMc3QaQNbZ65pBJ7r5D6lWAGW9eM+e0k/ozOHfQL4U=";
     # Unicode files cause different checksums on HFS+ vs. other filesystems
     postFetch = "rm -rf $out/docs/reST";
   };
@@ -65,8 +66,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch =
     ''
+      # "pyproject-metadata!=0.9.1" was pinned due to https://github.com/pygame-community/pygame-ce/pull/3395
       # cython was pinned to fix windows build hangs (pygame-community/pygame-ce/pull/3015)
       substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+        --replace-fail '"pyproject-metadata!=0.9.1",' '"pyproject-metadata",' \
         --replace-fail '"meson<=1.7.0",' '"meson",' \
         --replace-fail '"meson-python<=0.17.1",' '"meson-python",' \
         --replace-fail '"ninja<=1.12.1",' "" \
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
     ninja
     meson-python
+    pyproject-metadata
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [