diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
index 8490771ad8d..0c7e0141f93 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "svtplay-dl";
-  version = "2.4";
+  version = "2.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "spaam";
     repo = "svtplay-dl";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "146ss7pzh61yw84crk6hzfxkfdnf6bq07m11b6lgsw4hsn71g59w";
+    sha256 = "1d969ig4w6irx5822crhpab2f53svpiyf1vfx87irapy309dqy2y";
   };
 
   pythonPaths = [ pycrypto pyyaml requests ];
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace scripts/run-tests.sh \
       --replace 'PYTHONPATH=lib' 'PYTHONPATH=lib:$PYTHONPATH'
+
+    sed -i '/def test_sublang2\?(/ i\    @unittest.skip("accesses network")' \
+      lib/svtplay_dl/tests/test_postprocess.py
   '';
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "SYSCONFDIR=$(out)/etc" "PYTHON=${python.interpreter}" ];