diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspcwebgw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspcwebgw/default.nix
index 952f33739f24..e10b743b637e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspcwebgw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspcwebgw/default.nix
@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@
   asynccmd,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   poetry-core,
   pytest-asyncio,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyspcwebgw";
   version = "0.7.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mbrrg";
@@ -25,9 +23,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-gdIrbr25GXaX26B1f7u0NKbqqnAC2tmMFZspzW6I4HI=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/pyspcwebgw/pyspcwebgw/pull/27
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "replace-async-timeout-with-asyncio.timeout.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/pyspcwebgw/pyspcwebgw/commit/22cacc8db53cf2a244c30c0e62a0dad90fbcb00b.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Og0imZts49jwjbz7Yp41UIzwU/lVjKVc/Tp4+vNz32U=";
+    })
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     asynccmd
     aiohttp
   ];
@@ -38,8 +45,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  pytestFlags = [ "--asyncio-mode=auto" ];
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyspcwebgw" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {