diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jinja2-git/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jinja2-git/default.nix
index c4b7e6cde0fa..518f62c54030 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jinja2-git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jinja2-git/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
 , jinja2
 , poetry-core
 }:
@@ -8,7 +9,9 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jinja2-git";
   version = "1.3.0";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wemake-services";
@@ -18,12 +21,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ jinja2 ];
+
+  # the tests need to be run on the git repository
+  doCheck = false;
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "jinja2_git" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/wemake-services/jinja2-git";
     description = "Jinja2 extension to handle git-specific things";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/wemake-services/jinja2-git/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
   };