diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix
index c17df5386938..5a2ff7cd0cd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix
@@ -4,44 +4,40 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   setuptools,
   msgpack,
+  isPyPy,
   greenlet,
   pythonOlder,
-  isPyPy,
+  typing-extensions,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pynvim";
-  version = "0.5.0";
+  version = "0.5.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "neovim";
     repo = "pynvim";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-3LqgKENFzdfCjMlD6Xzv5W23yvIkNMUYo2+LlzKZ3cc=";
+    hash = "sha256-YVAWu+i2pElq8OhibSqh9ogk+xWDRCZT4niDF/oMnzY=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace " + pytest_runner" ""
-  '';
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ setuptools ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ msgpack ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPyPy) [ greenlet ];
+  dependencies =
+    [ msgpack ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!isPyPy) [ greenlet ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.12") [ typing-extensions ];
 
   # Tests require pkgs.neovim which we cannot add because of circular dependency
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pynvim" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Python client for Neovim";
     homepage = "https://github.com/neovim/pynvim";
     changelog = "https://github.com/neovim/pynvim/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ figsoda ];
   };
 }