diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix
index 6ff41eeb36a3..9184199c0acb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
-, isPy3k
+, pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , substituteAll
 , alsa-utils
 , libnotify
 , which
+, poetry-core
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , jeepney
 , loguru
 , pytest
@@ -16,15 +18,17 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "notify-py";
-  version = "0.3.3";
+  version = "0.3.38";
 
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ms7m";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1n35adwsyhz304n4ifnsz6qzkymwhyqc8sg8d76qv5psv2xsnzlf";
+    hash = "sha256-wlA7a10f4PYP3dYYwZqMULQ5FMCXpOUOTxXzEEVZCsI=";
   };
 
   patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
@@ -42,6 +46,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "loguru"
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     loguru
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
@@ -67,6 +80,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytest
   '';
 
+  # GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
+  # org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files
+  doCheck = false;
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "notifypy" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/linux-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/linux-paths.patch
index f043ec14a467..19965f33996f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/linux-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/linux-paths.patch
@@ -1,54 +1,22 @@
 diff --git a/notifypy/os_notifiers/linux.py b/notifypy/os_notifiers/linux.py
-index ee89216..5201574 100644
+index 5882481..e26eaaf 100644
 --- a/notifypy/os_notifiers/linux.py
 +++ b/notifypy/os_notifiers/linux.py
-@@ -53,30 +53,12 @@ class LinuxNotifierLibNotify(BaseNotifier):
-     @staticmethod
-     def _find_installed_aplay():
-         """Function to find the path for notify-send"""
--        try:
--            run_which_for_aplay = subprocess.check_output(["which", "aplay"])
--            return run_which_for_aplay.decode("utf-8")
--        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
--            logger.exception("Unable to find aplay.")
--            return False
--        except Exception:
--            logger.exception("Unhandled exception for finding aplay.")
--            return False
-+        return "@aplay@"
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ try:
+     from jeepney.io.blocking import open_dbus_connection
+     from shutil import which
  
-     @staticmethod
-     def _find_installed_notify_send():
-         """Function to find the path for notify-send"""
--        try:
--            run_which_for_notify_send = subprocess.check_output(
--                ["which", "notify-send"]
--            )
--            return run_which_for_notify_send.decode("utf-8")
--        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
--            logger.exception("Unable to find notify-send.")
--            return False
--        except Exception:
--            logger.exception("Unhandled exception for finding notify-send.")
--            return False
-+        return "@notifysend@"
+-    NOTIFY = which('notify-send') # alternatively: from ctypes.util import find_library 
++    NOTIFY = '@notifysend@' # alternatively: from ctypes.util import find_library 
  
-     def send_notification(
-         self,
-@@ -159,15 +141,7 @@ class LinuxNotifier(BaseNotifier):
-     @staticmethod
-     def _find_installed_aplay():
-         """Function to find the path for notify-send"""
--        try:
--            run_which_for_aplay = subprocess.check_output(["which", "aplay"])
--            return run_which_for_aplay.decode("utf-8")
--        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
--            logger.exception("Unable to find aplay.")
--            return False
--        except Exception:
--            logger.exception("Unhandled exception for finding aplay.")
--            return False
-+        return "@aplay@"
+     if NOTIFY:
+         logger.info("libnotify found, using it for notifications")
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ try:
+         else:
+             raise ImportError
  
-     def send_notification(
-         self,
+-    APLAY = which('aplay')
++    APLAY = '@aplay@'
+ 
+     if APLAY == None:
+         logger.debug("aplay binary not installed.. audio will not work!")