diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix
index 7f35dd124d86..73bebd8366ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://palletsprojects.com/p/werkzeug/";
     description = "A WSGI utility library for Python";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4cea5183b5e0..2c38be653050 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8526,7 +8526,13 @@ in {
 
   webthing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webthing { };
 
-  werkzeug = callPackage ../development/python-modules/werkzeug { };
+  werkzeug = callPackage ../development/python-modules/werkzeug {
+    pytestCheckHook = self.pytestCheckHook.override { pytest = self.pytest_6_1; };
+    pytest-timeout = self.pytest-timeout.override {
+      pytest = self.pytest_6_1;
+      pytestCheckHook = self.pytestCheckHook.override { pytest = self.pytest_6_1; };
+    };
+  };
 
   west = callPackage ../development/python-modules/west { };