diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdc28f08ef4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, packaging
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyter-packaging";
+  version = "0.7.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-sUAyV3GIGn33t/LRSZe2GQY/51rnVrkCWFLkNGAAu7g=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ packaging ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  # disable tests depending on network connection
+  disabledTests = [ "test_develop" "test_install" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jupyter_packaging" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter Packaging Utilities";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-packaging";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_server/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9f98781b4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_server/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-tornasync
+, jinja2
+, tornado
+, pyzmq
+, ipython_genutils
+, traitlets
+, jupyter_core
+, jupyter_client
+, nbformat
+, nbconvert
+, send2trash
+, terminado
+, prometheus_client
+, anyio
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyter_server";
+  version = "1.4.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-sBJvI39nlTPuxGJEz8ZtYeOh+OwPrS1HNS+hnT51Tkc=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "anyio>=2.0.2" "anyio"
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jinja2
+    tornado
+    pyzmq
+    ipython_genutils
+    traitlets
+    jupyter_core
+    jupyter_client
+    nbformat
+    nbconvert
+    send2trash
+    terminado
+    prometheus_client
+    anyio
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-tornasync
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "jupyter_server/tests/" ];
+
+  # disabled failing tests
+  disabledTests = [ "test_server_extension_list" "test_list_formats" "test_base_url" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "The backend—i.e. core services, APIs, and REST endpoints—to Jupyter web applications.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab/default.nix
index ff725ce18297..81ad668db08f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab/default.nix
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
 , jupyterlab_server
 , notebook
 , pythonOlder
+, jupyter-packaging
+, nbclassic
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jupyterlab";
-  version = "2.2.9";
+  version = "3.0.11";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "3be8f8edea173753dd838c1b6d3bbcb6f5c801121f824a477025c1b6a1d33dc6";
+    sha256 = "sha256-zkz08xFjzlGu0BPAGoV8BdQ6k8Ru1pAWbkhkT255R94=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jupyterlab_server notebook ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jupyterlab_server notebook jupyter-packaging nbclassic ];
 
   makeWrapperArgs = [
     "--set" "JUPYTERLAB_DIR" "$out/share/jupyter/lab"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix
index 3d9b5b9f831b..c110cc0590fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,45 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, notebook
 , jsonschema
 , pythonOlder
 , requests
-, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
 , pyjson5
+, Babel
+, jupyter_server
+, pytest-tornasync
+, pytestcov
+, strict-rfc3339
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jupyterlab_server";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "2.3.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "5431d9dde96659364b7cc877693d5d21e7b80cea7ae3959ecc2b87518e5f5d8c";
+    sha256 = "sha256-56AkWqPeI6GAPeLv9AHkykWUU42fWYBhNPMEGabYtqM=";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ requests pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ notebook jsonschema pyjson5 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests jsonschema pyjson5 Babel jupyter_server ];
 
-  # test_listing test fails
-  # this is a new package and not all tests pass
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-tornasync
+    pytestcov
+    strict-rfc3339
+  ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest
-  '';
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_get_locale"
+    "test_get_installed_language_pack_locales_passes"
+    "test_get_installed_package_locales"
+    "test_get_installed_packages_locale"
+    "test_get_language_packs"
+    "test_get_language_pack"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "JupyterLab Server";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3644b4e48dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, notebook
+, pythonOlder
+, jupyter_server
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-tornasync
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nbclassic";
+  version = "0.2.6";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  # tests only on github
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyterlab";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-stp0LZJAOCrnObvJIPEVt8mMb8yL29nlHECypbTg3ec=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jupyter_server notebook ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-tornasync
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter lab environment notebook server extension.";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyterlab/nbclassic";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 861b8e086136..04a6e7b5eb08 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3565,6 +3565,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyter_core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter_core { };
 
+  jupyter_server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter_server { };
+
   jupyterhub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterhub { };
 
   jupyterhub-ldapauthenticator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterhub-ldapauthenticator { };
@@ -3583,6 +3585,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyterlab_server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server { };
 
+  jupyter-packaging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging { };
+
   jupyter-repo2docker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-repo2docker {
     pkgs-docker = pkgs.docker;
   };
@@ -4486,6 +4490,8 @@ in {
 
   naturalsort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/naturalsort { };
 
+  nbclassic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbclassic { };
+
   nbclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbclient { };
 
   nbconflux = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconflux { };