diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lru-dict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lru-dict/default.nix
index 7ce32f9cdef5..801d68dccb66 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lru-dict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lru-dict/default.nix
@@ -3,23 +3,28 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 let
   pname = "lru-dict";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 in
 buildPythonPackage {
   inherit pname version;
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-E8VngvGdaN302NsBcAQRkoWWFlFMcGsSbQ3y7HKhG9c=";
+    hash = "sha256-VP0ZZta9H83ngVlsuGBoIU7e6/8dsTos6hEHnj/Qe2s=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
index ec3c6abb2158..3fb3e244928c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , callPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , python311
 , substituteAll
 , ffmpeg-headless
@@ -399,6 +400,13 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       src = ./patches/ffmpeg-path.patch;
       ffmpeg = "${lib.getBin ffmpeg-headless}/bin/ffmpeg";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # freeze time in litterrobot tests
+      # https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/103444
+      name = "home-assistant-litterrobot-freeze-test-time.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/home-assistant/core/commit/806205952ff863e2cf1875be406ea0254be5f13a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-OVbmJWy275nYWrif9awAGIYlgZqrRPcYBhB0Vil8rmk=";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = let