diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch
index 364f0054fe78..e2b9f0c9a74c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/argparse-dependency.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 053ed07..60f0d9a 100755
+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']
+-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']
+     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 f7ee986aebb3..5fa4af18c089 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
@@ -3,19 +3,18 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
   pname = "yowsup";
-  version = "2.5.2";
+  version = "2.5.7";
 
-  # python2 is currently incompatible with yowsup:
-  # https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup/issues/2325#issuecomment-343516519
+  # The Python 2.x support of this package is incompatible with `six==1.11`:
+  # https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup/issues/2416#issuecomment-365113486
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tgalal";
     repo = "yowsup";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "16l8jmr32wwvl11m0a4r4id3dkfqj2n7dn6gky1077xwmj2da4fl";
+    sha256 = "1p0hdj5x38v2cxjnhdnqcnp5g7la57mbi365m0z83wa01x2n73w6";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];