diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textual-universal-directorytree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textual-universal-directorytree/default.nix
index 5f14accbaca7..b36ce6ed84e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textual-universal-directorytree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textual-universal-directorytree/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , hatchling
 , textual
 , universal-pathlib
@@ -10,12 +11,15 @@
 , paramiko
 , requests
 , s3fs
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "textual-universal-directorytree";
   version = "1.0.2";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "juftin";
@@ -24,6 +28,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-FL2bwPGqBmDn33Rhj7+VEpuqB4znEAw+GGAODTs25oo=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # universal-pathlib upgrade, https://github.com/juftin/textual-universal-directorytree/pull/2
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "universal-pathlib-upgrade.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/juftin/textual-universal-directorytree/commit/e445aff21ddf756e3f180c8308a75c41487667c3.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Fftx8rrLPb6lQ+HBdB5Ai55LHMWEO6XftmFfZXbXIyk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     hatchling
   ];
@@ -44,7 +57,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
   };
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "textual_universal_directorytree" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "textual_universal_directorytree"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Textual plugin for a DirectoryTree compatible with remote filesystems";