diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-probability/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-probability/default.nix
index aa32904b8d33..4b0e6e7722fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-probability/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-probability/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,56 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , buildPythonPackage
+, python
 , tensorflow
+, decorator
+, cloudpickle
+, hypothesis
+, scipy
+, matplotlib
+, mock
 , pytest
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tensorflow-probability";
-  version = "0.6.0";
+  version = "0.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tensorflow";
     repo = "probability";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1y210n4asv8j39pk68bdfrz01gddflvzhxbcvj5jw6rjgaagnhvx";
+    sha256 = "0sy9gmjcvmwciamqvd7kd9qw2wd7ksklk80815fsn7sj0wiqxjyd";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     tensorflow
+    decorator
+    cloudpickle
   ];
 
+  # Listed here:
+  # https://github.com/tensorflow/probability/blob/f01d27a6f256430f03b14beb14d37def726cb257/testing/run_tests.sh#L58
   checkInputs = [
+    hypothesis
     pytest
+    scipy
+    matplotlib
+    mock
   ];
 
-  # Tests have an invalid import (`tensorflow_probability.opensource`), should
-  # be resolved in the next version with
-  # https://github.com/tensorflow/probability/commit/77d5957f2f0bdddcb46582799cd9c5c5167a1a40
-  doCheck = false;
+  # actual checks currently fail because for some reason
+  # tf.enable_eager_execution is called too late. Probably because upstream
+  # intents these tests to be run by bazel, not plain pytest.
+  # checkPhase = ''
+  #   # tests need to import from other test files
+  #   export PYTHONPATH="$PWD/tensorflow-probability:$PYTHONPATH"
+  #   py.test
+  # '';
+
+  # sanity check
   checkPhase = ''
-    py.test
+    python -c 'import tensorflow_probability'
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {