diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/discordpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/discordpy/default.nix
index 94181def867f..d4f742d97f5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/discordpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/discordpy/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,40 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, buildPythonPackage
-, pythonOlder
-, withVoice ? true, libopus
 , aiohttp
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, libopus
+, pynacl
+, pythonOlder
 , websockets
+, withVoice ? true
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "discord.py";
-  version = "1.7.0";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5.3";
+  version = "1.7.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
-  # only distributes wheels on pypi now
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Rapptz";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1i5k2qb894rjksn21pk9shash1y7v4138rkk8mqr1a1yvgnr5ibg";
+    sha256 = "sha256-dpASIqe6rJEyiWJyPbQhq9M54lX1ilfp4UuGnbJcFLo=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ aiohttp websockets ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    aiohttp
+    websockets
+  ] ++ lib.optionalString withVoice [
+    libopus
+    pynacl
+  ];
+
   patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace "requirements.txt" \
-      --replace "websockets>=6.0,!=7.0,!=8.0,!=8.0.1,<9.0" "websockets"
-  '' + lib.optionalString withVoice ''
     substituteInPlace "discord/opus.py" \
       --replace "ctypes.util.find_library('opus')" "'${libopus}/lib/libopus.so.0'"
   '';
 
-  # only have integration tests with discord
+  # Only have integration tests with discord
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A python wrapper for the Discord API";
+    description = "Python wrapper for the Discord API";
     homepage = "https://discordpy.rtfd.org/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ivar ];
     license = licenses.mit;