diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlmodel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlmodel/default.nix
index 55bf943264de..cad54edc8ebb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlmodel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlmodel/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  black,
+  jinja2,
   dirty-equals,
   fastapi,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   pdm-backend,
   pydantic,
   pytest-asyncio,
-  pytest7CheckHook,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   sqlalchemy,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sqlmodel";
-  version = "0.0.18";
+  version = "0.0.19";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -23,9 +26,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "tiangolo";
     repo = "sqlmodel";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-2ens+wEFJThccBTBeBy8j1AzKJtebg3dJTGG6+Cpt+Q=";
+    hash = "sha256-Fr/umAgTbcfBtui+V/ncp4no+pquLExB/dInSFhsgGc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch { # https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel/pull/969
+      name = "passthru-environ-variables.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/tiangolo/sqlmodel/pull/969/commits/42d33049e9e4182b78914ad41d1e3d30125126ba.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-dPuFCFUnmTpduxn45tE8XUP0Jlwjwmwe+zFaKSganOg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   build-system = [ pdm-backend ];
 
   dependencies = [
@@ -34,10 +45,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    black
+    jinja2
     dirty-equals
     fastapi
     pytest-asyncio
-    pytest7CheckHook
+    pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "sqlmodel" ];