diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
index 17537be82b4..b3fd0384ef4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , pythonOlder
 , pytestCheckHook
 , setuptools
+, packaging
 , toml
 , structlog
 , appdirs
@@ -19,18 +21,26 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nvchecker";
-  version = "2.2";
+  version = "2.3";
 
   # Tests not included in PyPI tarball
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lilydjwg";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0b17pikqyxcsid69lwnjl44n8z46ydjmxxdnbzasfdl7r83l7ijr";
+    sha256 = "0ikqjlw6v7va69i8qskj1lf07ik84q4n3qgsb7khk520gv2ks3sx";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix test that fail in sandbox build. See https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/pull/179
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/commit/7366d82bfc3dcf231f7908e259bf2437cf7dafd5.patch";
+      sha256 = "0pwrwa2wyy4i668lk2mqzzy6y3xi08mq3w520b4954kfm07g75a9";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles docutils ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools toml structlog appdirs tornado pycurl aiohttp ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools packaging toml structlog appdirs tornado pycurl aiohttp ];
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-asyncio flaky pytest-httpbin ];
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";