diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb-client/default.nix
index 82153f4b3d9..38f6f58910d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb-client/default.nix
@@ -14,22 +14,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "influxdb-client";
-  version = "1.15.0";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6"; # requires python version >=3.6
+  version = "1.17.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "influxdata";
     repo = "influxdb-client-python";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1b2xh78v965rgafyj7cdbjm2p96d74f7ifsqllc7242n9wv3k53q";
+    sha256 = "1xxg8z9zambbhr7nmxhmvmiwkd4578zxr6rl2vhdh2w77idsw29z";
   };
 
-  # makes test not reproducible
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i -e '/randomize/d' test-requirements.txt
-  '';
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     rx
     certifi
@@ -44,6 +38,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # requires influxdb server
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "influxdb_client" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "InfluxDB 2.0 Python client library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python";