diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/zulip-term/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/zulip-term/default.nix
index 683c1069b394..092cb3299990 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/zulip-term/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/zulip-term/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,27 @@
 , libnotify
 }:
 
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+let
+  py = python3.override {
+    packageOverrides = self: super: {
+
+      # Requires "urwid~=2.1.2", otherwise some tests are failing
+      urwid = super.urwid.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+        version = "2.1.2";
+        src = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "urwid";
+          repo = "urwid";
+          rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+          hash = "sha256-oPb2h/+gaqkZTXIiESjExMfBNnOzDvoMkXvkZ/+KVwo=";
+        };
+        doCheck = false;
+      });
+    };
+  };
+in
+with py.pkgs;
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "zulip-term";
   version = "0.7.0";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -21,7 +41,11 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     ./pytest-executable-name.patch
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+  nativeBuildInputs = with py.pkgs; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with py.pkgs; [
     beautifulsoup4
     lxml
     pygments
@@ -50,7 +74,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Zulip's official terminal client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/zulip/zulip-terminal";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/zulip/zulip-terminal/releases/tag/0.7.0";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/zulip/zulip-terminal/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
   };