diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix
index 280e447cd0a1..de7974d4cbe3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "wee-slack-${version}";
-  version = "2.2.0";
+  version = "2.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "wee-slack";
     owner = "wee-slack";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1iy70q630cgs7fvk2151fq9519dwxrlqq862sbrwypzr6na6yqpg";
+    sha256 = "0544j6vqbvb2xshq7ma2a3apx2vvpgfg3jh5prg265wnh4991nsw";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch
index 8887e075f13c..af2dd36b41c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 diff --git a/wee_slack.py b/wee_slack.py
-index c5c7bc6..23fef2f 100644
+index dbe6446..d1b7546 100644
 --- a/wee_slack.py
 +++ b/wee_slack.py
-@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ try:
- except:
-     from StringIO import StringIO
+@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import random
+ import socket
+ import string
  
 +sys.path.append('@env@')
 +
- from websocket import create_connection, WebSocketConnectionClosedException
+ from websocket import ABNF, create_connection, WebSocketConnectionClosedException
  
- # hack to make tests possible.. better way?
+ try: