diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/solo-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/solo-python/default.nix
index 7b2b578eed8c..829874f25ad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/solo-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/solo-python/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder
 , click, ecdsa, fido2, intelhex, pyserial, pyusb, requests}:
 
  buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "solo-python";
-  version = "0.0.15";
+  version = "0.0.18";
   format = "flit";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6"; # only python>=3.6 is supported
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "solokeys";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "14na9s65hxzx141bdv0j7rx1wi3cv85jzpdivsq1rwp6hdhiazr1";
+    sha256 = "01mgppjvxlr93vrgz7bzisghpg1vqyaj4cg5wngk0h499iyx4d9q";
   };
 
-  # TODO: remove ASAP
+  # replaced pinned fido, with unrestricted fido version
   patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace "fido2 == 0.7.0" "fido2 >= 0.7.0"
+    sed -i '/fido2/c\"fido2",' pyproject.toml
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -28,6 +29,20 @@
     requests
   ];
 
+  # allow for writable directory for darwin
+  preBuild = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  # repo doesn't contain tests, ensure imports aren't broken
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "solo"
+    "solo.cli"
+    "solo.commands"
+    "solo.fido2"
+    "solo.operations"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python tool and library for SoloKeys";
     homepage = "https://github.com/solokeys/solo-python";