diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ir/iredis/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ir/iredis/package.nix
index a8fbb956c9ef..bef043b7dcbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ir/iredis/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ir/iredis/package.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  python3,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "iredis";
-  version = "1.15.2";
+  version = "1.16.1";
   pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "laixintao";
     repo = "iredis";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-g/gQb9QOyfa7kyHCUZf/kLZRO5IE8389BUCYz8Sqr8o=";
+    hash = "sha256-m8XDNzHgMWBgcN3AyFlb8K/UNXbGhH4toKBiX5Q4/QY=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail 'packaging = "^23.0"' 'packaging = "*"' \
-      --replace-fail 'wcwidth = "0.1.9"' 'wcwidth = "*"' \
-      --replace-fail 'redis = "^5.0.0"' 'redis = "*"'
-  '';
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "packaging"
+    "redis"
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
     poetry-core
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     click
     configobj
     mistune
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     pygments
     python-dateutil
     redis
-    wcwidth
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
     freezegun
     pexpect
     pytestCheckHook
@@ -65,6 +64,11 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "iredis" ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Terminal Client for Redis with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting";
     changelog = "https://github.com/laixintao/iredis/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";