diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance/default.nix
index 41b20ca8969f..41d4a5003424 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editdistance/default.nix
@@ -3,29 +3,38 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pytestCheckHook
 , cython
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "editdistance";
-  version = "0.6.0";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "roy-ht";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "17xkndwdyf14nfxk25z1qnhkzm0yxw65fpj78c01haq241zfzjr5";
+    hash = "sha256-c0TdH1nJAKrepatCSCTLaKsDv9NKruMQadCjclKGxBw=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cython
+  ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     cythonize --inplace editdistance/bycython.pyx
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  checkInputs = [
+   pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "editdistance" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "editdistance"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python implementation of the edit distance (Levenshtein distance)";