diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
index 5a63e79b3ffd..522b7b13cc1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, responses
-, pytestCheckHook
-, python-dotenv
-, pytest-rerunfailures
-, requests
-, python-dateutil
-, websocket-client
 , ibm-cloud-sdk-core
+, pytest-rerunfailures
+, pytestCheckHook
+, python-dateutil
+, python-dotenv
 , pythonOlder
+, requests
+, responses
+, websocket-client
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ibm-watson";
-  version = "7.0.0";
+  version = "7.0.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -23,28 +23,23 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "watson-developer-cloud";
     repo = "python-sdk";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-AerEd4TkK/A0KhSy+QWxRDD4pjobsx4oDxMr+wUCGt0=";
+    hash = "sha256-f/nf9WFiUNDQBkFNMV16EznCw0TN9L4fDIPQ/j4B1Sc=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    requests
-    python-dateutil
-    websocket-client
     ibm-cloud-sdk-core
+    python-dateutil
+    requests
+    websocket-client
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    responses
+    pytest-rerunfailures
     pytestCheckHook
     python-dotenv
-    pytest-rerunfailures
+    responses
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace websocket-client==1.1.0 websocket-client>=1.1.0
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "ibm_watson"
   ];
@@ -52,6 +47,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Client library to use the IBM Watson Services";
     homepage = "https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/python-sdk";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/python-sdk/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
   };