diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
index 368157e9641c..e3070ab6e5a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "fedifetcher";
-  version = "5.0.1";
+  version = "7.0.1";
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nanos";
     repo = "FediFetcher";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-O7YDxNQel1XFSjGrzdBI4PsejmzPVLvYLNF/vZgdh4w=";
+    hash = "sha256-/Au6a93na3meb2j0eR8UCCg+TVW/UqWz3/TkASB94Eg=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    defusedxml
     python-dateutil
     requests
   ];