diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-digitalocean.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-digitalocean.nix
index e35b4cd07f38..f3f62e940729 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-digitalocean.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-digitalocean.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 , unstableGitUpdater
 , poetry-core
 , nixops
-, digital-ocean
+, python-digitalocean
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage {
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   version = "unstable-2022-08-14";
   pyproject = true;
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nix-community";
     repo = "nixops-digitalocean";
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    digital-ocean
+    python-digitalocean
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "nixops_digitalocean" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/digitalocean/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-digitalocean/default.nix
similarity index 50%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/digitalocean/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/python-digitalocean/default.nix
index 3d756312deda..c0ab09542d95 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/digitalocean/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-digitalocean/default.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, isPy3k
-, jsonpickle
-, mock
-, pytest
-, pytestCheckHook
-, requests
-, responses
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  jsonpickle,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  requests,
+  responses,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-digitalocean";
   version = "1.17.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "koalalorenzo";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1c50ka4y712rr551gq3kdfw7fgfxr4w837sww6yy683yz7m1d1h8";
+    repo = "python-digitalocean";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-CIYW6vl+IOO94VyfgTjJ3T13uGtz4BdKyVmE44maoLA=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     jsonpickle
     requests
   ];
 
-  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
     pytestCheckHook
     responses
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [
-    mock
   ];
 
   preCheck = ''
@@ -41,14 +41,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   # Test tries to access the network
-  disabledTests = ["TestFirewall"];
+  disabledTests = [ "TestFirewall" ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "digitalocean" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python API to manage Digital Ocean Droplets and Images";
     homepage = "https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl3Only ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kiwi teh ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      kiwi
+      teh
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
index 57b4b921de41..33b56ccb134a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
     "digital_loggers" = ps: with ps; [
     ];
     "digital_ocean" = ps: with ps; [
-      digital-ocean
+      python-digitalocean
     ];
     "directv" = ps: with ps; [
       directv
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 00573f5cc226..40351281d5c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   diff_cover = diff-cover; # added 2021-07-02
   discogs_client = discogs-client; # added 2021-07-02
   distutils_extra = distutils-extra; # added 2023-10-12
+  digital-ocean = python-digitalocean; # addad 2024-04-12
   djangorestframework-jwt = drf-jwt; # added 2021-07-20
   django-sampledatahelper = throw "django-sampledatahelper was removed because it is no longer compatible to latest Django version"; # added 2022-07-18
   django_2 = throw "Django 2 has reached it's projected EOL in 2022/04 and has therefore been removed."; # added 2022-03-05
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ffe32b232cd1..2e41466ecbd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2973,8 +2973,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   diffusers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/diffusers { };
 
-  digital-ocean = callPackage ../development/python-modules/digitalocean { };
-
   digi-xbee = callPackage ../development/python-modules/digi-xbee { };
 
   dill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dill { };
@@ -12195,6 +12193,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   python-didl-lite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-didl-lite { };
 
+  python-digitalocean = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-digitalocean { };
+
   python-docx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-docx { };
 
   python-doi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-doi { };