diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykka/default.nix
index dd6566548bbb..b13aaa716f6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykka/default.nix
@@ -5,34 +5,44 @@
 , poetry-core
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pytest-mock
+, typing-extensions
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pykka";
-  version = "3.1.1";
+  version = "4.0.0";
   format = "pyproject";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6.1";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jodal";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-bvRjFpXufGygTgPfEOJOCXFbMy3dNlrTHlGoaIG/Fbs=";
+    hash = "sha256-xFEEv4UAKv/H//7OIBSb9juwmuH4xWd6BKBXaX2GwFU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     poetry-core
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-mock
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pykka"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.pykka.org/";
     description = "A Python implementation of the actor model";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/jodal/pykka/blob/v${version}/docs/changes.rst";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jodal/pykka/releases/tag/v${version}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ marsam ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
   };