diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix
index 09a42458311..6b8104516ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-jose";
-  version = "3.1.0";
+  version = "3.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mpdavis";
     repo = "python-jose";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1gnn0zy03pywj65ammy3sd07knzhjv8n5jhx1ir9bikgra9v0iqh";
+    sha256 = "cSPIZrps0xFd4pPcQ4w/jFWOk2XYgd3mtE/sDzlytvY=";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cryptography # optional dependency, but needed in tests
   ];
 
+  # relax ecdsa deps
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace 'ecdsa<0.15' 'ecdsa' \
+      --replace 'ecdsa <0.15' 'ecdsa'
+  '';
+
   disabledTests = [
     # https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/176
     "test_key_too_short"