diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
index 6b910b1d7207..a0145c30c553 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@
   numpy,
   scipy,
   pillow,
+  pywavelets,
   fetchpatch,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyssim";
-  version = "0.6";
+  version = "0.7";
   format = "setuptools";
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     numpy
     scipy
     pillow
+    pywavelets
   ];
 
   # PyPI tarball doesn't contain test images so let's use GitHub
@@ -24,22 +26,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "jterrace";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-VvxQTvDTDms6Ccyclbf9P0HEQksl5atPPzHuH8yXTmc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LDNIugQeRqNsAZ5ZxS/NxHokEAwefpfRutTRpR0IcXk=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # "Replace Image.ANTIALIAS with Image.LANCZOS"
-    # Image.ANTIALIAS has been removed in Pillow 10.0.0,
-    # the version currently in nixpkgs,
-    # and Image.LANCZOS is a drop-in since Pillow 2.7.0.
-    # https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim/pull/45
+    # "Use PyWavelets for continuous wavelet transform"; signal.cwt was removed and broke the build
     (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim/commit/db4296c12ca9c027eb9cd61b52195a78dfcc6711.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-wNp47EFtjXv6jIFX25IErXg83ksmGRNFKNeMFS+tP6s=";
+      url = "https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim/commit/64a58687f261eb397e9c22609b5d48497ef02762.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-u6okuWZgGcYlf/SW0QLrAv0IYuJi7D8RHHEr8DeXKcw=";
     })
   ];
 
-  # Tests are copied from .travis.yml
+  # Tests are copied from .github/workflows/python-package.yml
   checkPhase = ''
     $out/bin/pyssim test-images/test1-1.png test-images/test1-1.png | grep 1
     $out/bin/pyssim test-images/test1-1.png test-images/test1-2.png | grep 0.998
@@ -48,11 +46,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     $out/bin/pyssim --cw --width 128 --height 128 test-images/test3-orig.jpg test-images/test3-rot.jpg | grep 0.938
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Module for computing Structured Similarity Image Metric (SSIM) in Python";
     mainProgram = "pyssim";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jluttine ];
   };
 }