diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix
index 5df08e4f6b4..77acc590e1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/elasticsearch-curator/default.nix
@@ -3,66 +3,75 @@
 , python3
 }:
 
-let
-  python = python3.override {
-    packageOverrides = self: super: {
-      click = super.click.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
-        version = "7.1.2";
-        src = old.src.override {
-          inherit version;
-          hash = "sha256-0rUlXHxjSbwb0eWeCM0SrLvWPOZJ8liHVXg6qU37axo=";
-        };
-      });
-      requests-aws4auth = super.requests-aws4auth.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
-        doCheck = false; # requires click>=8.0
-      });
-    };
-  };
-in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "elasticsearch-curator";
-  version = "5.8.4";
-
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "8.0.4";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elastic";
     repo = "curator";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-wSfd52jebUkgF5xhjcoUjI7j46eJF33pVb4Wrybq44g=";
+    hash = "sha256-FPp2BpfYsmNwwevYQ6EH3N1q0TjyeEsBeDM9EUbLl+Q=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
-      --replace "urllib3==1.26.4" "urllib3"
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "urllib3==1.26.4" "urllib3" \
-      --replace "pyyaml==5.4.1" "pyyaml"
-  '';
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
-    elasticsearch
-    urllib3
-    requests
-    boto3
-    requests-aws4auth
-    click
-    pyyaml
-    voluptuous
-    certifi
-    six
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "click"
+    "ecs-logging"
+    "elasticsearch8"
+    "es_client"
+    "pyyaml"
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python.pkgs; [
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    hatchling
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    certifi
+    click
+    ecs-logging
+    elasticsearch8
+    es-client
+    pyyaml
+    six
+    voluptuous
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     mock
+    requests
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
-    "test/integration" # requires running elasticsearch
+    # Test requires running elasticsearch
+    "tests/integration/test_alias.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_allocation.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_cli.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_close.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_clusterrouting.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_count_pattern.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_create_index.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_datemath.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_delete_indices.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_delete_snapshots.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_delete_snapshots.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_es_repo_mgr.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_forcemerge.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_integrations.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_open.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_reindex.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_replicas.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_restore.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_rollover.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_shrink.py"
+    "tests/integration/test_snapshot.py"
   ];
 
   disabledTests = [
-    # access network
+    # Test require access network
     "test_api_key_not_set"
     "test_api_key_set"
   ];