diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/client.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/client.nix
index 31f31d074057..cd969d9dbba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/client.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/client.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "alerta";
-  version = "8.4.0";
+  version = "8.5.1";
 
   src = python3.pkgs.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "260ff3118e73396104129928217b0f317ac5afdff8221874d8986df22ecf5f34";
+    sha256 = "sha256-O13Ic2iHjNF/llp6vdaAiiWExcTBPsz46GAWY3oGDY8=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/default.nix
index e69a594a728b..c3758c26b253 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/alerta/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "alerta-server";
-  version = "8.3.3";
+  version = "8.7.0";
 
   src = python3.pkgs.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a2713a31c6e326c774a3ee0328f424f944b951935ff1b893a4a66598d61c5a97";
+    sha256 = "sha256-EM3owmj+6gFjU0ARaQP3FLYXliGaGCRSaLgkiPwhGdU=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     psycopg2
     pyjwt
     pymongo
+    pyparsing
     python-dateutil
     pytz
     pyyaml
@@ -29,13 +30,17 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sentry-sdk
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # We can't run the tests from Nix, because they rely on the presence of a working MongoDB server
+   # We can't run the tests from Nix, because they rely on the presence of a working MongoDB server
+  doCheck = false;
 
-  disabled = python3.pythonOlder "3.6";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "alerta"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://alerta.io";
     description = "Alerta Monitoring System server";
     license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }