diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix
index d7ed374a928c..b92d1e71755a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , rapidfuzz
 , click
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "3.0.2";
   format = "pyproject";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jitsi";
     repo = pname;
@@ -33,7 +36,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "rapidfuzz"
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jiwer" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "jiwer"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple and fast python package to evaluate an automatic speech recognition system";