diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/default.nix
index 53896c039da7..b18dcd38c2a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-mRestRJukaf7ti3vIs/MM/R+zpGmK551j5HAM2chBsE=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./remove-typo-in-test-case.patch
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     paramiko
     tornado
@@ -27,11 +31,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "webssh" ];
 
-  disabledTests = [
-    # Test fails with AttributeError (possibly related to paramiko update)
-    "test_app_with_bad_host_key"
-  ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Web based SSH client";
     mainProgram = "wssh";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/remove-typo-in-test-case.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/remove-typo-in-test-case.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac7bd94e5b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webssh/remove-typo-in-test-case.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+ tests/test_handler.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/test_handler.py b/tests/test_handler.py
+index a9ad924..950e672 100644
+--- a/tests/test_handler.py
++++ b/tests/test_handler.py
+@@ -336,5 +336,5 @@ class TestIndexHandler(unittest.TestCase):
+         ssh.exec_command.return_value = (stdin, stdout, stderr)
+ 
+         encoding = IndexHandler.get_default_encoding(handler, ssh)
+-        self.assertEquals("utf-8", encoding)
++        self.assertEqual("utf-8", encoding)
+ 
+-- 
+2.44.0
+