diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
index 1c215cb307ca..bd45d03af892 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  callPackage,
   fetchPypi,
   setuptools,
-  callPackage,
+  six,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pbr";
-  version = "6.0.0";
+  version = "6.1.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-0TdxIqWgDi+UDuSCmZUY7+FtdF1COmcMJ3c9+8PJp9k=";
+    hash = "sha256-eIGD44Lj0ddwfbCJeCOZZei55OXtQmab9HWBhnNNXyQ=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    setuptools # for pkg_resources
+    six
+  ];
 
   # check in passthru.tests.pytest to escape infinite recursion with fixtures
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/tests.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/tests.nix
index 70e768814db9..c464983fa31a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pbr/tests.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     pbr.tests.test_core.TestCore.test_console_script_install
     pbr.tests.test_wsgi.TestWsgiScripts.test_with_argument
     pbr.tests.test_wsgi.TestWsgiScripts.test_wsgi_script_run
+    # Tests are failing because of fixture timeouts
+    pbr.tests.test_packaging.TestPEP517Support.test_pep_517_support
+    pbr.tests.test_packaging.TestRequirementParsing.test_requirement_parsing
     ")
   '';
 }