diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uarray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uarray/default.nix
index fad2dee2d165..f0b42e6609f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uarray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uarray/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , matchpy
 , numpy
 , astunparse
@@ -16,24 +17,18 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "uarray";
-  version = "0.4";
-  format = "flit";
-  # will have support soon see
-  # https://github.com/Quansight-Labs/uarray/pull/64
-  disabled = isPy37;
+  version = "0.5.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "4ec88f477d803a914d58fdf83aeedfb1986305355775cf55525348c62cce9aa4";
+    sha256 = "0j2pin54pwm1vdgza8irxcjb2za7h41c0ils04afssdn59cixslx";
   };
 
+  doCheck = false; # currently has circular dependency module import, remove when bumping to >0.5.1
   checkInputs = [ pytest nbval pytestcov numba ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ matchpy numpy astunparse typing-extensions black ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} extract_readme_tests.py
-    pytest
-  '';
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "uarray" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Universal array library";