diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/seqdiag/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/seqdiag/default.nix
index 91cd37883e85..79d575a9fa51 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/seqdiag/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/seqdiag/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   blockdiag,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pynose,
+  nose,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   dependencies = [ blockdiag ];
 
+  # tests rely on nose
+  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.12";
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pynose
+    nose
     pytestCheckHook
   ];