diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
index 81a6cf99da0b..784d02dafa42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
@@ -1,62 +1,75 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, buildPythonPackage
 , awkward
-, numpy
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, importlib-metadata
 , lz4
-, setuptools
+, numpy
+, packaging
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, scikit-hep-testdata
 , xxhash
 , zstandard
-, pytestCheckHook
-, scikit-hep-testdata
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "uproot";
-  version = "4.3.5";
+  version = "4.3.6";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  # fetch from github for tests
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "scikit-hep";
     repo = "uproot4";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-oAL4FjrNNm7xCQq275pnY/UjfAxRWgLgYBS/lCq+uwE=";
+    hash = "sha256-Te4D2tHVD5fD8DH2njjQMGnTUvLQdcGBzApklnGn6g8=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     awkward
     numpy
     lz4
-    setuptools
+    packaging
     xxhash
     zstandard
+  ]  ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    importlib-metadata
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     scikit-hep-testdata
   ];
+
   preCheck = ''
     export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
   '';
+
   disabledTests = [
-    # tests that try to download files
+    # Tests that try to download files
     "test_http"
     "test_no_multipart"
     "test_fallback"
     "test_pickle_roundtrip_http"
   ];
+
   disabledTestPaths = [
-    # tests that try to download files
+    # Tests that try to download files
     "tests/test_0066-fix-http-fallback-freeze.py"
     "tests/test_0088-read-with-http.py"
     "tests/test_0220-contiguous-byte-ranges-in-http.py"
   ];
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "uproot" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "uproot"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot5";
     description = "ROOT I/O in pure Python and Numpy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot5";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot5/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
   };