diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dipy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dipy/default.nix
index 8a69a5f7de50..22290b692240 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dipy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dipy/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pythonOlder
 , packaging
-, pytest
 , cython
 , numpy
 , scipy
@@ -14,7 +13,8 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dipy";
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.7.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "dipy";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-kJ8JbnNpjTqGJXwwMTqZdgeN8fOEuxarycunDCRLB74=";
+    hash = "sha256-sfqCK2r9Io1gDDHL9s9R37J0h9KcOQML3B2zJx2+QuA=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython packaging ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cython
+    packaging
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     numpy
     scipy
@@ -34,8 +38,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     tqdm
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytest ];
-
   # disable tests for now due to:
   #   - some tests require data download (see dipy/dipy/issues/2092);
   #   - running the tests manually causes a multiprocessing hang;
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://dipy.org/";
     description = "Diffusion imaging toolkit for Python";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/dipy/dipy/blob/${version}/Changelog";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
   };