diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv/default.nix
index e76c832ac707..9bafe81fe146 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   hatch-vcs,
 
   # dependencies
-  feedparser,
+  lxml,
   requests,
 
   # tests
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "arxiv";
-  version = "3.0.0";
+  version = "4.0.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lukasschwab";
     repo = "arxiv.py";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-o2Vqkr5Tlx7Iv1NEWDSU8X6hvlGUslIl4oHiRQNGdqI=";
+    hash = "sha256-nZhi0dPEiv6VLpacvcGvZhvvDkLalrs4IJvMVzb5MJI=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    feedparser
+    lxml
     requests
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/papis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/papis/default.nix
index 6fbfbac761cc..4eb60b37b24d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/papis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/papis/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
 
   # build-system
   hatchling,
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
   dominate,
   filetype,
   habanero,
-  isbnlib,
   lxml,
   platformdirs,
   prompt-toolkit,
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   python-slugify,
   pyyaml,
   requests,
-  stevedore,
 
   # optional dependencies
   chardet,
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     dominate
     filetype
     habanero
-    isbnlib
     lxml
     platformdirs
     prompt-toolkit
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     python-slugify
     pyyaml
     requests
-    stevedore
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals withOptDeps finalAttrs.passthru.optional-dependencies.complete;
 
@@ -111,27 +108,39 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "tests"
   ];
 
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # Require network access
-    "tests/downloaders"
-    "papis/downloaders/usenix.py"
-  ];
-
   disabledTests = [
     # Require network access
     "test_add_folder_name_cli"
     "test_add_link_cli"
+    "test_download_document"
     "test_get_matching_importers_by_name"
     "test_matching_importers_by_uri"
     "test_yaml_unicode_dump"
-    # FileNotFoundError: Command not found: 'init'
-    "test_git_cli"
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals withOptDeps [
     # Require network access
     "test_csl_style_download"
   ];
 
+  # Until a release >0.15.0 (that would already contain these commits)
+  patches = [
+    # Commit 44c6463: chore: move isbnlib to optional dependencies
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/papis/papis/commit/44c6463f79cbc3a09adb541ae7df4e00a194b86b.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-3E18cyzkiZsNvgH/X8dZu+3tGGpbBsaQ3nIoDuIYFqw=";
+    })
+    # Commit 7518e53: chore: remove isbn dependency
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/papis/papis/commit/7518e53e5d485e3cec1e202af6cb4921b9976b5b.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-iBqlvHfH+6fyhi2C7lpwI1O59DKrKp7p45x29kzPRR0=";
+    })
+    # Commit 15cae59: test: skip tests if missing isbnlib
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/papis/papis/commit/15cae5986ae9dec75c7d103757adbd73c39feb89.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-kuVZdOd+H99TinM7yAs7NJrfw7rOPyxDlSaT0P2NeC4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Powerful command-line document and bibliography manager";
     mainProgram = "papis";
@@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       nico202
-      teto
+      octvs
     ];
   };
 })