diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
index 7751452d5fb8..004930491a39 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, auditwheel
 , buildPythonPackage
 , git
 , greenlet
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@
 , pyee
 , python
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 , setuptools-scm
 , playwright-driver
 }:
@@ -16,15 +18,15 @@ in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "playwright";
   # run ./pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/update.sh to update
-  version = "1.38.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "1.40.0";
+  pyproject = true;
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "microsoft";
     repo = "playwright-python";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-K3ZLDnDtV9PWX0etVv6RIDHp0vZZ7b7DGJ1GjP2kfXU=";
+    hash = "sha256-+gq/aFq/rQpl04LbaZXGxL35iIX1Wi/motYg5jwv91I=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -46,10 +48,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     git commit -m "workaround setuptools-scm"
 
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "greenlet==2.0.1" "greenlet>=2.0.1" \
-      --replace "pyee==8.1.0" "pyee>=8.1.0" \
-      --replace "setuptools-scm==7.0.5" "setuptools-scm>=7.0.5" \
-      --replace "wheel==0.38.1" "wheel>=0.37.1"
+      --replace "setuptools-scm==8.0.4" "setuptools-scm" \
+      --replace "wheel==0.41.2" "wheel"
+
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace 'requires = ["setuptools==68.2.2", "setuptools-scm==8.0.4", "wheel==0.41.2", "auditwheel==5.4.0"]' \
+                'requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm", "wheel", "auditwheel"]' \
+      --replace 'version_file = "playwright/_repo_version.py"' ""
 
     # Skip trying to download and extract the driver.
     # This is done manually in postInstall instead.
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ git setuptools-scm ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ git setuptools-scm setuptools auditwheel ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     greenlet
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.json
index c931097f5bff..1da87aa5b4ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [
-  {"@playwright/test": "1.38.0"}
+  {"@playwright/test": "1.40.0"}
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.nix
index af235b221051..70c51050f597 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/playwright-test/node-packages.nix
@@ -4,48 +4,38 @@
 
 let
   sources = {
-    "fsevents-2.3.2" = {
-      name = "fsevents";
-      packageName = "fsevents";
-      version = "2.3.2";
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.2.tgz";
-        sha512 = "xiqMQR4xAeHTuB9uWm+fFRcIOgKBMiOBP+eXiyT7jsgVCq1bkVygt00oASowB7EdtpOHaaPgKt812P9ab+DDKA==";
-      };
-    };
-    "playwright-1.38.0" = {
+    "playwright-1.40.0" = {
       name = "playwright";
       packageName = "playwright";
-      version = "1.38.0";
+      version = "1.40.0";
       src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.38.0.tgz";
-        sha512 = "fJGw+HO0YY+fU/F1N57DMO+TmXHTrmr905J05zwAQE9xkuwP/QLDk63rVhmyxh03dYnEhnRbsdbH9B0UVVRB3A==";
+        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.40.0.tgz";
+        sha512 = "gyHAgQjiDf1m34Xpwzaqb76KgfzYrhK7iih+2IzcOCoZWr/8ZqmdBw+t0RU85ZmfJMgtgAiNtBQ/KS2325INXw==";
       };
     };
-    "playwright-core-1.38.0" = {
+    "playwright-core-1.40.0" = {
       name = "playwright-core";
       packageName = "playwright-core";
-      version = "1.38.0";
+      version = "1.40.0";
       src = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.38.0.tgz";
-        sha512 = "f8z1y8J9zvmHoEhKgspmCvOExF2XdcxMW8jNRuX4vkQFrzV4MlZ55iwb5QeyiFQgOFCUolXiRHgpjSEnqvO48g==";
+        url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.40.0.tgz";
+        sha512 = "fvKewVJpGeca8t0ipM56jkVSU6Eo0RmFvQ/MaCQNDYm+sdvKkMBBWTE1FdeMqIdumRaXXjZChWHvIzCGM/tA/Q==";
       };
     };
   };
 in
 {
-  "@playwright/test-1.38.0" = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
+  "@playwright/test-1.40.0" = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "_at_playwright_slash_test";
     packageName = "@playwright/test";
-    version = "1.38.0";
+    version = "1.40.0";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.38.0.tgz";
-      sha512 = "xis/RXXsLxwThKnlIXouxmIvvT3zvQj1JE39GsNieMUrMpb3/GySHDh2j8itCG22qKVD4MYLBp7xB73cUW/UUw==";
+      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.40.0.tgz";
+      sha512 = "PdW+kn4eV99iP5gxWNSDQCbhMaDVej+RXL5xr6t04nbKLCBwYtA046t7ofoczHOm8u6c+45hpDKQVZqtqwkeQg==";
     };
     dependencies = [
-      sources."fsevents-2.3.2"
-      sources."playwright-1.38.0"
-      sources."playwright-core-1.38.0"
+      sources."playwright-1.40.0"
+      sources."playwright-core-1.40.0"
     ];
     buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
     meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix b/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix
index 9dc0401a2e2d..2ced22b559a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/playwright/driver.nix
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ let
     {
     pname = "playwright-driver";
     # run ./pkgs/development/python-modules/playwright/update.sh to update
-    version = "1.38.0";
+    version = "1.40.0";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://playwright.azureedge.net/builds/driver/${filename}";
       sha256 = {
-        x86_64-linux = "1zs8mfn41k5kv1r6vw8x3hw7z7ghmwfrvdhx9lvcllhrdiqzqkbm";
-        aarch64-linux = "0m2mnvhfqyqjwmb0jdmwdsw0xacr85g5wy0dipl0i8ylb9zjzq7z";
-        x86_64-darwin = "0jik9d80ina2439nmnd4frmmcjimyqr888gwrm6i136hla27i3a9";
-        aarch64-darwin = "1ma2f51hz5xjp55yn9x1s4qg62df12lrr4dy4kdqc6wiqdxc96f3";
+        x86_64-linux = "0y9n23r4yfcgm4a50rfgicl91vrllak0d8h26yagh6h8hl0r3nhh";
+        aarch64-linux = "0zd456klidi4sg7wahfrdbs2bwiq3q6ngxd4iv3vi9f9w9nq2p2k";
+        x86_64-darwin = "0yaiwg9821w9nszzkrp5skzf5792nahvfqnr4axk84dcngslxvmk";
+        aarch64-darwin = "1b1jmv6l97ss8c4sc3n1xckn05fpq3fihjbjxr2qz6i9dsy3xj57";
       }.${system} or throwSystem;
     };