diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 9b5ea768a76..171e5483803 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018–2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Evan Straw <evan.straw99@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021, 2026 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Lars-Dominik Braun <lars@6xq.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020–2023 Simon Streit <simon@netpanic.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Noah Evans <noah@nevans.me>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ interface for the Music Player Daemon.")
 (define-public sonata
   (package
     (name "sonata")
-    (version "1.7.0")
+    (version "1.7.3")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -401,28 +401,36 @@ interface for the Music Player Daemon.")
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0rl8w7s2asff626clzfvyz987l2k4ml5dg417mqp9v8a962q0v2x"))))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
+                "0jipamk3gq85kxhq8vd6sw5rjyiyx5cfadafikc5k0q0fw67w83v"))))
+    (build-system pyproject-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
-                  (guix build python-build-system)
+     (list
+      ;; Invalid command "test"
+      #:tests? #false
+      #:modules '((guix build gnu-build-system)
+                  (guix build pyproject-build-system)
                   ((guix build glib-or-gtk-build-system) #:prefix glib-or-gtk:)
                   (guix build utils))
-       #:imported-modules (,@%default-gnu-imported-modules
-                           (guix build python-build-system)
+      #:imported-modules `(,@%pyproject-build-system-modules
                            (guix build glib-or-gtk-build-system))
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'install 'glib-or-gtk-wrap
-           (assoc-ref glib-or-gtk:%standard-phases 'glib-or-gtk-wrap))
-         (add-after 'install 'wrap-sonata
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((out               (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                   (gi-typelib-path   (getenv "GI_TYPELIB_PATH")))
-               (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/sonata")
-                 `("GI_TYPELIB_PATH" ":" prefix (,gi-typelib-path)))))))))
+      #:phases
+      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+          (add-after 'install 'glib-or-gtk-wrap
+            (assoc-ref glib-or-gtk:%standard-phases 'glib-or-gtk-wrap))
+          (add-after 'unpack 'fix-importlib
+            (lambda _
+              (substitute* "sonata/main.py"
+                (("importlib.resources.files\\(__name__\\)")
+                 "importlib.resources.files(\"sonata\")"))))
+          (add-after 'wrap 'wrap-sonata
+            (lambda _
+              (let ((gi-typelib-path (getenv "GI_TYPELIB_PATH")))
+                (wrap-program (string-append #$output "/bin/sonata")
+                  `("GI_TYPELIB_PATH" ":" prefix (,gi-typelib-path)))))))))
     (native-inputs
-     (list gettext-minimal))
+     (list gettext-minimal
+           python-setuptools
+           python-wheel))
     (inputs
      (list bash-minimal
            python-mpd2