diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix
index e208daa625ef..58c74cd3cad1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
@@ -13,18 +14,23 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mirakuru";
-  version = "2.5.2";
+  version = "2.5.3";
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ClearcodeHQ";
     repo = "mirakuru";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-I1TKP0ESuBMTcReZf0tryjvGpSpwzofwmOiQqhyr6Zg=";
+    hash = "sha256-blk4Oclb3+Cj3RH7BhzacfoPFDBIP/zgv4Ct7fawGnQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/ClearcodeHQ/mirakuru/pull/810
+    ./tmpdir.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ psutil ];
@@ -37,6 +43,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mirakuru" ];
 
+  # Necessary for the tests to pass on Darwin with sandbox enabled.
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  # Those are failing in the darwin sandbox with:
+  # > ps: %mem: requires entitlement
+  # > ps: vsz: requires entitlement
+  # > ps: rss: requires entitlement
+  # > ps: time: requires entitlement
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    "test_forgotten_stop"
+    "test_mirakuru_cleanup"
+    "test_daemons_killing"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/mirakuru";
     description = "Process orchestration tool designed for functional and integration tests";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/tmpdir.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/tmpdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fd6fcfd2741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/tmpdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/tests/executors/test_unixsocket_executor.py
++++ b/tests/executors/test_unixsocket_executor.py
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Some of these tests run ``nc``: when running Debian, make sure the
+ ``netcat-openbsd`` package is used, not ``netcat-traditional``.
+ """
+ 
++import os
+ import sys
+ 
+ import pytest
+@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ from mirakuru import TimeoutExpired
+ from mirakuru.unixsocket import UnixSocketExecutor
+ from tests import TEST_SOCKET_SERVER_PATH
+ 
+-SOCKET_PATH = "/tmp/mirakuru.sock"
++SOCKET_PATH = os.path.join(os.getenv("TMPDIR", "/tmp"), "mirakuru.sock")
+ 
+ SOCKET_SERVER_CMD = f"{sys.executable} {TEST_SOCKET_SERVER_PATH} {SOCKET_PATH}"
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgsanity/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgsanity/default.nix
index 7f1c482977a3..df957c92c686 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgsanity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pgsanity/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     unittestCheckHook
     postgresql
   ];
+
+  unittestFlagsArray = [ "test" ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ postgresql ];
 
   meta = with lib; {