diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e2b9f0c9a74c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 991e89c..7a96ccf 100755
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import yowsup
- import platform
- import sys
- 
--deps = ['python-dateutil', 'argparse', 'python-axolotl>=0.1.39', 'six==1.10']
-+deps = ['python-dateutil', 'python-axolotl>=0.1.39', 'six']
- 
- if sys.version_info < (2,7):
-     deps += ['importlib', "protobuf==3.4.0"]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
index 5fa4af18c089..0436fe8a0f00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 { buildPythonPackage, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, six, python-axolotl, pytest
-, isPy3k
+, isPy3k, consonance, appdirs
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "yowsup";
-  version = "2.5.7";
+  version = "3.2.3";
 
   # The Python 2.x support of this package is incompatible with `six==1.11`:
   # https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup/issues/2416#issuecomment-365113486
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "tgalal";
     repo = "yowsup";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1p0hdj5x38v2cxjnhdnqcnp5g7la57mbi365m0z83wa01x2n73w6";
+    sha256 = "0wb8yl685nr1i3vx89hwan5m6a482x8g48f5ksvdlph538p720pm";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     HOME=$(mktemp -d) py.test yowsup
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./argparse-dependency.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./dependency-fixes.patch ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six python-axolotl ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six python-axolotl consonance appdirs ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/dependency-fixes.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/dependency-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eab56332d492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/dependency-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index e3871a7..930bd6a 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import yowsup
+ import platform
+ import sys
+ 
+-deps = ['consonance==0.1.2', 'argparse', 'python-axolotl==0.2.2', 'six==1.10', 'appdirs', 'protobuf>=3.6.0']
++deps = ['consonance>=0.1', 'python-axolotl>=0.2', 'six>=1.10', 'appdirs', 'protobuf>=3.6.0']
+ 
+ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+     deps.append('importlib')