diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix
index 1ef6ceddea72..a85c74b9f6d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
 { lib
-, aiohttp
+, boto3
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , ftfy
 , mailchecker
+, openpyxl
 , orjson
 , phonenumbers
 , pytestCheckHook
 , python-dateutil
+, python-decouple
 , python-fsutil
-, pythonOlder
 , python-slugify
+, pythonOlder
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , pyyaml
 , requests
 , six
 , toml
+, xlrd
 , xmltodict
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-benedict";
-  version = "0.25.4";
+  version = "0.27.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -29,25 +33,37 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "fabiocaccamo";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-q7aQW4XRlKp+X1iItHVEsHEjkl2DU9QG0eMrcuq+rc4=";
+    hash = "sha256-L1lgP/Lpy+3koT93Z/H27SbraOHXBm1pxx+Ie6Z2AE4=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "boto3"
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    boto3
+    ftfy
     mailchecker
+    openpyxl
     phonenumbers
     python-dateutil
     python-fsutil
     python-slugify
     pyyaml
-    ftfy
-    orjson
     requests
     toml
+    xlrd
     xmltodict
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
+    orjson
     pytestCheckHook
+    python-decouple
     six
   ];
 
@@ -59,6 +75,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_from_plist_with_valid_url_valid_content"
     "test_from_query_string_with_valid_url_valid_content"
     "test_from_toml_with_valid_url_valid_content"
+    "test_from_xls_with_valid_url_valid_content"
     "test_from_xml_with_valid_url_valid_content"
     "test_from_yaml_with_valid_url_valid_content"
   ];