diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/locustio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/locustio/default.nix
index 2203fa4c6ad0..0b64fc39feb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/locustio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/locustio/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, mock
-, unittest2
-, msgpack
-, requests
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy38
 , flask
 , gevent
+, mock
+, msgpack
 , pyzmq
+, requests
+, unittest2
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "locustio";
-  version = "0.9.0";
+  version = "0.14.4";
+  # tests hang on python38
+  disabled = isPy38;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "locustio";
@@ -21,10 +22,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ msgpack requests flask gevent pyzmq ];
-  buildInputs = [ mock unittest2 ];
+  checkInputs = [ mock unittest2 ];
+  # remove file which attempts to do GET request
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm locust/test/test_stats.py
+  '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = https://locust.io/;
+    homepage = "https://locust.io/";
     description = "A load testing tool";
   };
 }