diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix
index c59201a466cd..0d05971cd2bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
 
   # build-system
   setuptools,
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "5.11.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "miguelgrinberg";
     repo = "python-socketio";
@@ -38,9 +36,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-iWe9IwUR+nq9SAmHzFZYUJpVOOEbc1ZdiMAjaBjQrVs=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     bidict
     python-engineio
   ];
@@ -62,7 +60,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "socketio" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  disabledTestPaths = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # Use fixed ports which leads to failures when building concurrently
+    "tests/async/test_admin.py"
+    "tests/common/test_admin.py"
+  ];
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Python Socket.IO server and client";
     longDescription = ''
       Socket.IO is a lightweight transport protocol that enables real-time
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.md";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mic92 ];
   };
 }