diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywbem/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywbem/default.nix
index 02e263e17e97..d5ca03329117 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywbem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pywbem/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   decorator,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
   formencode,
   httpretty,
   libxml2,
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
   nocaselist,
   pbr,
   ply,
-  pytest,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   pytz,
   pyyaml,
   requests,
@@ -24,14 +26,24 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pywbem";
-  version = "1.7.3";
+  version = "1.8.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-0fCi69T/7e+NBnrzhVIW21GQx/byfI0tzUZ+CXAckLA=";
+    hash = "sha256-P+/sNPckpVHkLKOJ0ILQKf7QO0/xSsyO9cfLkv3aE1s=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools-scm>=9.2.0" "setuptools-scm"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     mock
     nocasedict
@@ -50,7 +62,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     httpretty
     libxml2
     lxml
-    pytest
+    pytestCheckHook
     pytz
     requests-mock
     testfixtures
@@ -58,6 +70,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pywbem" ];
 
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "tests/leaktest" # requires 'yagot'
+    "tests/end2endtest" # requires 'pytest_easy_server'
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Support for the WBEM standard for systems management";
     homepage = "https://pywbem.github.io";