diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypinyin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypinyin/default.nix
index e03986335179..8175214d68d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypinyin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypinyin/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pypinyin";
-  version = "0.48.0";
+  version = "0.49.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mozillazg";
     repo = "python-pinyin";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-gt0jrDPr6FeLB5P9HCSosCHb/W1sAKSusTrCpkqO26E=";
+    hash = "sha256-4XiPkx7tYD5PQVyeJ/nvxrRzWmeLp9JfY1B853IEE7U=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Chinese Characters to Pinyin - 汉字转拼音";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mozillazg/python-pinyin";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/mozillazg/python-pinyin/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/mozillazg/python-pinyin/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.tts.members;
   };