diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-cloud-sdk-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-cloud-sdk-core/default.nix
index 93ca544d6ae6..5f79a568bf34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-cloud-sdk-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-cloud-sdk-core/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ibm-cloud-sdk-core";
-  version = "3.22.1";
+  version = "3.24.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "IBM";
     repo = "python-sdk-core";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-wXffw+/esHvWxrNdlnYLTPflgOaRyIdf0hxI4M12Xdc=";
+    hash = "sha256-xw7jEDr/5Qmd4+riAqFzTTFfmX/gQdlbzNZ8pua0hIs=";
   };
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [ "requests" ];
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Client library for the IBM Cloud services";
     homepage = "https://github.com/IBM/python-sdk-core";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/IBM/python-sdk-core/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/IBM/python-sdk-core/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
index 182fb24cc2d9..dce3970acb19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     responses
   ];
 
+  # FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: './auth.json'
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "test/integration/test_assistant_v2.py"
+    "test/integration/test_natural_language_understanding_v1.py"
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "ibm_watson" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {