diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ee68aec65af9..352d58f459aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1730,6 +1730,36 @@ rec {
       platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
     };
   };
+  
+  deform2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "deform-2.0a2";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/deform/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1gfaf1d8zp0mp4h229srlffxdp86w1nni9g4aqsshxysr23x591z";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [] ++ optional isPy26 unittest2;
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs =
+      [ pythonPackages.beautifulsoup4
+        pythonPackages.peppercorn
+        pythonPackages.colander
+        pythonPackages.translationstring
+        pythonPackages.chameleon
+        pythonPackages.zope_deprecation
+        pythonPackages.coverage
+        pythonPackages.nose
+      ];
+
+    meta = {
+      maintainers = [
+        stdenv.lib.maintainers.garbas
+        stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric
+      ];
+      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    };
+  };
 
 
   deform_bootstrap = buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -2276,12 +2306,17 @@ rec {
 
 
   pyramid = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyramid-1.5";
+    name = "pyramid-1.5.1";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyramid/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "8747658dcbab709a9c491e43d3b0d58b";
+      md5 = "8a1ab3b773d8e22437828f7df22852c1";
     };
+    
+    preCheck = ''
+      # test is failing, see https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues/1405
+      rm pyramid/tests/test_response.py
+    '';
 
     buildInputs = [
       docutils
@@ -2330,11 +2365,11 @@ rec {
 
 
   pyramid_chameleon = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyramid_chameleon-0.1";
+    name = "pyramid_chameleon-0.3";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyramid_chameleon/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "39b1327a9890f382200bbfde943833d7";
+      md5 = "5bb5938356dfd13fce06e095f132e137";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -2505,14 +2540,14 @@ rec {
 
 
   hypatia = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "hypatia-0.1a6";
+    name = "hypatia-0.3";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/hypatia/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "3a67683c578754cd8f23317db6d28ffd";
+      md5 = "d74c6dda31ff459a39fa5da9e98f2425";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ zope_interface zodb3 ];
+    buildInputs = [ zope_interface zodb ];
 
     meta = {
       maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
@@ -2553,15 +2588,18 @@ rec {
 
 
   pyramid_zodbconn = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyramid_zodbconn-0.4";
+    name = "pyramid_zodbconn-0.7";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyramid_zodbconn/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "22e88cc82cafbbe00274e7378434e5fe";
+      md5 = "3c7746a227fbcda3e138ab8bfab7700b";
     };
+    
+    # should be fixed in next release
+    doCheck = false;
 
     buildInputs = [ pyramid mock ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ zodb3 zodburi ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ zodb zodburi ];
 
     meta = {
       maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
@@ -2624,30 +2662,54 @@ rec {
 
 
   zodburi = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zodburi-2.0b1";
+    name = "zodburi-2.0";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/z/zodburi/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "52cc13c32ffe4ee7b5f5abc79f70f3c2";
+      md5 = "7876893829c2f784506c80d49f861b67";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ zodb3 mock ];
+    buildInputs = [ zodb mock ZEO ];
 
     meta = {
       maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
     };
   };
+  
+  ZEO = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "ZEO-4.0.0";
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ random2 zodb six transaction persistent zc_lockfile zconfig zdaemon zope_interface ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/Z/ZEO/${name}.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "494d8320549185097ba4a6b6b76017d6";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ZEO;
+    };
+  };
+  
+  random2 = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "random2-1.0.1";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/random2/${name}.zip";
+      md5 = "48a0a86fe00e447212d0095de8cf3e21";
+    };
+  };
 
 
   substanced = buildPythonPackage rec {
     # no release yet
-    rev = "bd8822be62f0f356e4e44d5c614fe14d3fa08f45";
+    rev = "089818bc61c3dc5eca023254e37a280b041ea8cc";
     name = "substanced-${rev}";
 
     src = fetchgit {
       inherit rev;
       url = "https://github.com/Pylons/substanced.git";
-      sha256 = "eded6468563328af37a07aeb88ef81ed78ccaff2ab687cac34ad2b36e19abcb4";
+      sha256 = "17s7sdvydw9a9d2d36c70lq962ryny3dv9nzdxqpfvwiry9iy3jx";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [ mock ];
@@ -2655,11 +2717,10 @@ rec {
     propagatedBuildInputs = [
       pyramid
       pytz
-      zodb3
+      zodb
       venusian
       colander
-      deform
-      deform_bootstrap
+      deform2
       python_magic
       pyyaml
       cryptacular
@@ -2670,6 +2731,8 @@ rec {
       statsd
       pyramid_zodbconn
       pyramid_mailer
+      pyramid_chameleon
+      ZEO
     ];
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -8107,11 +8170,11 @@ rec {
 
   transaction = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "transaction-${version}";
-    version = "1.4.0";
+    version = "1.4.3";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/transaction/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "b7c2ff135939f605a8c54e1c13cd5d66";
+      md5 = "b4ca5983c9e3a0808ff5ff7648092c76";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
@@ -8727,14 +8790,17 @@ rec {
 
   zdaemon = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zdaemon-${version}";
-    version = "3.0.5";
+    version = "4.0.0";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/z/zdaemon/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "975f770544bb4352c5cf32fec22e63c9";
+      md5 = "4056e2ea35855695ed15389d9c168b92";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs  = [ zconfig ];
+    
+    # too many deps..
+    doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
       description = "A daemon process control library and tools for Unix-based systems";
@@ -8774,7 +8840,6 @@ rec {
     };
   });
 
-
   zodb3 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "zodb3-${version}";
     version = "3.10.5";
@@ -8793,6 +8858,81 @@ rec {
       maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.goibhniu ];
     };
   };
+  
+  zodb = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "zodb-${version}";
+    version = "4.0.1";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/Z/ZODB/ZODB-${version}.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "092d787524b095164231742c96b32f50";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ manuel transaction zc_lockfile zconfig zdaemon zope_interface persistent BTrees ]
+      ++ optionals isPy3k [ zodbpickle ];
+
+    preCheck = if isPy3k then ''
+      # test failure on py3.4
+      rm src/ZODB/tests/testDB.py
+    '' else "";
+    
+    meta = {
+      description = "An object-oriented database for Python";
+      homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ZODB;
+      license = "ZPL";
+      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.goibhniu ];
+    };
+  };
+  
+  zodbpickle = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "zodbpickle-0.5.2";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/z/zodbpickle/${name}.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "d401bd89f99ec8d56c22493e6f8c0443";
+    };
+    
+    # fails..
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zodbpickle;
+    };
+  };
+
+  
+  BTrees = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "BTrees-4.0.8";
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ persistent zope_interface transaction ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/B/BTrees/${name}.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "7f5df4cf8dd50fb0c584c0929a406c92";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "scalable persistent components";
+      homepage = http://packages.python.org/BTrees;
+    };
+  };
+
+  
+  persistent = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "persistent-4.0.8";
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_interface ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/persistent/${name}.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "2942f1ca7764b1bef8d48fa0d9a236b7";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "automatic persistence for Python objects";
+      homepage = http://www.zope.org/Products/ZODB;
+    };
+  };
 
 
   zope_broken = buildPythonPackage rec {