diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix
index a2ea9dc28be..61a0414a998 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sopel/default.nix
@@ -5,20 +5,21 @@
 , praw
 , pyenchant
 , pygeoip
-, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
 , python
 , pytz
+, sqlalchemy
 , xmltodict
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sopel";
-  version = "7.0.5";
+  version = "7.0.6";
   disabled = isPyPy;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "6ebe85aa5441c5ddeb48bfd320d57ed0bc002bbd779c50b1b15883022964284d";
+    sha256 = "0f0aixwjh5nax0hzar4993rg9yn1x23rksz5jl5gj8g2jyblsfay";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -29,20 +30,26 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyenchant
     pygeoip
     pytz
+    sqlalchemy
     xmltodict
   ];
 
   # remove once https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/pull/1653 lands
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
-      --replace "praw<6.0.0" "praw<7.0.0"
+      --replace "praw>=4.0.0,<6.0.0" "praw"
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    HOME=$PWD # otherwise tries to create tmpdirs at root
-    pytest .
+  preCheck = ''
+    export TESTDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+    cp -R ./test $TESTDIR
+    pushd $TESTDIR
+  '';
+
+  postCheck = ''
+    popd
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {