diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix
index 13fb71d7f2f..1262bb3338a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
 , pyyaml
 , prance
 , marshmallow
@@ -11,16 +12,20 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "apispec";
-  version = "4.3.0";
+  version = "4.4.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "5ec0fe72f1422a1198973fcbb48d0eb5c7390f4b0fbe55474fce999ad6826a9b";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qt7UrkUXUsWLcOV5kj2Nt9rwtx9i3vjI/noqUr18BqI=";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pyyaml
     prance
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
     openapi-spec-validator
     marshmallow
     mock