diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/thewatchman/package.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/thewatchman/package.nix
index b6844bdeaed4..a29cee8ff3b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/thewatchman/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/thewatchman/package.nix
@@ -11,21 +11,18 @@
 buildHomeAssistantComponent rec {
   owner = "dummylabs";
   domain = "watchman";
-  version = "0.7.0-beta.1";
+  version = "0.8.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dummylabs";
     repo = "thewatchman";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-U2AYxQ37XQocHcnY2Uv9Lhu0LmEZhhcGdO29i565tBM=";
+    hash = "sha256-5BXIKh8uPKuxsLbxu0fUbuCR2LYOXk1HpOvrqehg0u0=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace custom_components/watchman/manifest.json \
       --replace-fail "prettytable==3.12.0" "prettytable"
-
-    substituteInPlace tests/{__init__,test_{action,regex,report}}.py \
-      --replace-fail "/workspaces/thewatchman/" ""
   '';
 
   dontBuild = true;
@@ -40,6 +37,11 @@ buildHomeAssistantComponent rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  disabledTests = [
+    # the test relies on NOT changing the hass config_dir and tries to write into the nix store
+    "test_status_sensor_safe_mode"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Keep track of missing entities and services in your config files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dummylabs/thewatchman";