diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/txaio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/txaio/default.nix
index 2bfdbae918a1..5536c68e2bec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/txaio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/txaio/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, mock, six, twisted }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, mock, six, twisted,isPy37 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "txaio";
-  version = "18.7.1";
+  version = "18.8.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "701de939e90bb80f7e085357081552437526752199def5541dddfc34c0b0593f";
+    sha256 = "67e360ac73b12c52058219bb5f8b3ed4105d2636707a36a7cdafb56fe06db7fe";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     py.test -k "not test_sdist"
   '';
 
+  # Needs some fixing for 3.7
+  doCheck = !isPy37;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Utilities to support code that runs unmodified on Twisted and asyncio.";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/crossbario/txaio";