diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
index 5999fa316223..f0fa1c198885 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ let
   inherit (pythonPackages) python nose pycrypto requests mock;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "svtplay-dl-${version}";
-  version = "1.9.6";
+  version = "1.9.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "spaam";
     repo = "svtplay-dl";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "11xw4whh60k61i8akd7avb254mmffaig72kb7w6prk1kjq05js2s";
+    sha256 = "0zj102ir08s9knqqv8y6vy9rkrgk77xs7kqp00v9fzrlqyspf68r";
   };
 
   pythonPaths = [ pycrypto requests ];
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;
-  checkPhase = "sh scripts/run-tests.sh -2";
+  checkPhase = ''
+    sed -i "/def test_parse_m3u8/i\\
+        @unittest.skip('requires internet')" lib/svtplay_dl/tests/hls.py
+
+    sh scripts/run-tests.sh -2
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/spaam/svtplay-dl;