diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb-bus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb-bus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af740e8d298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb-bus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cocotb-bus";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "cc9b0bb00c95061a67f650caf96e3a294bb74ef437124dea456dd9e2a9431854";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # remove circular dependency cocotb from setup.py
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace '"cocotb>=1.5.0.dev,<2.0"' ""
+  '';
+
+  # tests require cocotb, disable for now to avoid circular dependency
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # checkPhase = ''
+  #   export PATH=$out/bin:$PATH
+  #   make test
+  # '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pre-packaged testbenching tools and reusable bus interfaces for cocotb";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cocotb/cocotb-bus";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb/default.nix
index b6343238383..17fe45f1cf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, setuptools, swig, verilog }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, cocotb-bus
+, pytest
+, swig
+, verilog
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "cocotb";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.5.2";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = pname;
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "02bw2i03vd4rcvdk10qdjl2lbvvy81cn9qpr8vzq8cm9h45689mv";
+  # - we need to use the tarball from PyPi
+  #   or the full git checkout (with .git)
+  # - using fetchFromGitHub will cause a build failure,
+  #   because it does not include required metadata
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "9f4f3e6eb9caeb479e98d604770645b57469cd25b39e28df1916ffcd593efbe6";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    setuptools
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs bin/*.py
@@ -25,16 +37,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     do
       substituteInPlace $f --replace 'shell which' 'shell command -v'
     done
+
+    # remove circular dependency cocotb-bus from setup.py
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'cocotb-bus<1.0'" ""
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [ swig verilog ];
+  checkInputs = [ cocotb-bus pytest swig verilog ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
-    # test expected failures actually pass because of a fix in our icarus version
-    # https://github.com/cocotb/cocotb/issues/1952
-    substituteInPlace tests/test_cases/test_discovery/test_discovery.py \
-      --replace 'def access_single_bit' $'def foo(x): pass\ndef foo'
-
     export PATH=$out/bin:$PATH
     make test
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 946dd4a9368..e562c64b5ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1483,6 +1483,8 @@ in {
 
   cocotb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cocotb { };
 
+  cocotb-bus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cocotb-bus { };
+
   codecov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/codecov { };
 
   codespell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/codespell { };