diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix
index eb2c9e5cae9f..13fbe5ab123d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, buildPythonPackage
 , async-timeout
+, buildPythonPackage
 , deprecated
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , pympler
-, wrapt
-, pytestCheckHook
-, redis
 , pytest-asyncio
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, redis
+, wrapt
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -15,15 +16,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "4.15.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alisaifee";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
     hash = "sha256-9nojHufUt53Ovoos4gaR7qh1xN8D1+gJOEyFsOndXJU=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pytest.ini --replace "-K" ""
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
+      --replace "-K" ""
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -33,16 +37,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     wrapt
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "coredis" ];
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     redis
     pytest-asyncio
   ];
 
-  # all other tests require docker
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "coredis"
+  ];
+
   pytestFlagsArray = [
+    # All other tests require Docker
     "tests/test_lru_cache.py"
     "tests/test_parsers.py"
     "tests/test_retry.py"
@@ -50,9 +56,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/alisaifee/coredis/blob/${src.rev}/HISTORY.rst";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/alisaifee/coredis";
     description = "An async redis client with support for redis server, cluster & sentinel";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alisaifee/coredis";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/alisaifee/coredis/blob/${src.rev}/HISTORY.rst";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ netali ];
   };