diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnet/default.nix
index 0c75727e7445..db6e9489683e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/execnet/default.nix
@@ -2,23 +2,30 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , isPyPy
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , pytestCheckHook
 , setuptools-scm
 , apipkg
+, py
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "execnet";
   version = "1.9.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "8f694f3ba9cc92cab508b152dcfe322153975c29bda272e2fd7f3f00f36e47c5";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ apipkg ];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # Fix test compat with pytest 7.2.0
+      url = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet/commit/c0459b92bc4a42b08281e69b8802d24c5d3415d4.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-AT2qr7AUpFXcPps525U63A7ARcEVmf0HM6ya73Z2vi0=";
+    })
+  ];
 
   # remove vbox tests
   postPatch = ''
@@ -29,14 +36,30 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ${lib.optionalString isPyPy "rm -v testing/test_multi.py"}
   '';
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "execnet" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    apipkg
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    py
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "execnet"
+  ];
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     description = "Distributed Python deployment and communication";
-    license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://execnet.readthedocs.io/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };