diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix
index 2d57952de3ec..1c425f3711f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pytest-mypy
+, pythonOlder
 , redis
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "2.5.1";
   pname = "portalocker";
+  version = "2.6.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-ro6cwmYNoEv0H6Gg7vfjALteSlhprfsabYVRYytVmys=";
+    hash = "sha256-lk9oMPtCp0tdMrzpntN9gwjB19RN3xjz3Yn0aA3pezk=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -26,6 +32,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_combined" # no longer compatible with setuptools>=58
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "portalocker"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A library to provide an easy API to file locking";
     homepage = "https://github.com/WoLpH/portalocker";