diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix
index 05f632d39ba3..0371b7cac5a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, poetry-core
 , pytest
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-socket";
-  version = "0.3.3";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "miketheman";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1jbzkyp4xki81h01yl4vg3nrg9b6shsk1ryrmkaslffyhrqnj8zh";
+    sha256 = "sha256-cFYtJqZ/RjFbn9XlEy6ffxZ2djisajQAwjV/YR2f59Q=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     pytest
   ];
@@ -23,18 +32,24 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytest
   ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest
-  '';
+  patches = [
+    # Switch to poetry-core, https://github.com/miketheman/pytest-socket/pull/74
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "switch-to-poetry-core.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/miketheman/pytest-socket/commit/32519170e656e731d24b81770a170333d3efa6a8.patch";
+      sha256 = "19ksgx77rsa6ijcbml74alwc5052mdqr4rmvqhlzvfcvv3676ig2";
+    })
+  ];
 
-  # unsurprisingly pytest-socket require network for majority of tests
-  # to pass...
+  # pytest-socket require network for majority of tests
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pytest_socket" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Pytest Plugin to disable socket calls during tests";
     homepage = "https://github.com/miketheman/pytest-socket";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ costrouc ];
   };
 }