diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffsubsync/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffsubsync/package.nix
index 10f150a3ccb6..f247edf6e2aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffsubsync/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffsubsync/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-{ lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, python3
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
+  python3,
 }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -15,10 +17,16 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-ZdKZeKfAUe/FXLOur9Btb5RgXewmy3EHunQphqlxpIc=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    setuptools
+  patches = [
+    # updates for python 3.12 (not currently included in a release)
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/smacke/ffsubsync/commit/de75bdbfe846b3376f8c0bcfe2e5e5db82d7ff20.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-JN7F9H9G8HK2aLOlm/Ec+GsWnU+65f1P658nq8FbAjo=";
+    })
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ setuptools ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     auditok
     charset-normalizer
@@ -36,13 +44,9 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     webrtcvad
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "ffsubsync"
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ffsubsync" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/smacke/ffsubsync";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/enzyme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/enzyme/default.nix
index 47c2abb01ed2..5d969858c00f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/enzyme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/enzyme/default.nix
@@ -2,24 +2,27 @@
   lib,
   fetchPypi,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "enzyme";
-  version = "0.4.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "0.5.2";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   # Tests rely on files obtained over the network
   doCheck = false;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1fv2kh2v4lwj0hhrhj9pib1pdjh01yr4xgyljhx11l94gjlpy5pj";
+    hash = "sha256-fPd5FI2eZusoOGA+rOFAxTw878i4/l1NWgOl+11Xs8E=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Diaoul/enzyme";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
+    license = licenses.mit;
     description = "Python video metadata parser";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysubs2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysubs2/default.nix
index 71fbf56b77c2..e03a87fffda0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysubs2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysubs2/default.nix
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pysubs2";
-  version = "1.6.1";
+  version = "1.7.3";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tkarabela";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-0bW9aB6ERRQK3psqeU0Siyi/8drEGisAp8UtTfOKlp0=";
+    hash = "sha256-PrpN+w/gCi7S9OmD6kbbvL9VlZEfy1DbehFTwjxsibA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/subliminal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/subliminal/default.nix
index d34a49f46ff1..23347af0ff45 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/subliminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/subliminal/default.nix
@@ -1,95 +1,89 @@
 {
   lib,
-  appdirs,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pythonOlder,
+
   babelfish,
   beautifulsoup4,
-  buildPythonPackage,
   chardet,
   click,
+  click-option-group,
   dogpile-cache,
   enzyme,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
   guessit,
-  pysrt,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
-  pytz,
+  srt,
+  pysubs2,
   rarfile,
   requests,
-  six,
+  platformdirs,
   stevedore,
+  tomli,
+
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-xdist,
+  mypy,
   sympy,
   vcrpy,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "subliminal";
-  version = "2.1.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Diaoul";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "subliminal";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-P4gVxKKCGKS3MC4F3yTAaOSv36TtdoYfrf61tBHg8VY=";
+    hash = "sha256-g7gg2qdLKl7bg/nNXRWN9wZaNShOOc38sVASZrIycMU=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
-      --replace " --pep8 --flakes" ""
-  '';
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    appdirs
     babelfish
     beautifulsoup4
     chardet
     click
+    click-option-group
     dogpile-cache
     enzyme
     guessit
-    pysrt
-    pytz
+    srt
+    pysubs2
     rarfile
     requests
-    six
+    platformdirs
     stevedore
+    tomli
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov
+    pytest-xdist
+    mypy
     sympy
     vcrpy
-    pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "subliminal" ];
 
   disabledTests = [
-    # Tests rewuire network access
-    "test_refine_video_metadata"
+    # Tests require network access
+    "test_refine"
     "test_scan"
     "test_hash"
-    "test_provider_pool_list_subtitles"
-    "test_async_provider_pool_list_subtitles"
-    "test_list_subtitles"
-    "test_download_bad_subtitle"
-    # Not implemented
-    "test_save_subtitles"
   ];
 
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # AttributeError: module 'rarfile' has no attribute 'custom_check'
-    "tests/test_legendastv.py"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Python library to search and download subtitles";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/blob/${version}/HISTORY.rst";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     # Too many tests fail ever since a certain python-updates merge, see:
     # https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/issues/1062 . Disabling tests
     # alltogether may produce a not completly failing executable, but that