diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glitchtip/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glitchtip/package.nix
index 1d5fc8812991..dfafb5fb6c85 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glitchtip/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glitchtip/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   python314,
   fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchpatch,
   callPackage,
   stdenv,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -88,6 +89,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-RGYD6HAFZZTSNJWd8n7/gMy9FkjZno9LO1jGxav5d9M=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # support django-async-backend>=6.1
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/glitchtip/glitchtip-backend/-/commit/4cf8c9d1518f5835b71c0692a72b63d8a62bea4a.patch";
+      includes = [
+        "glitchtip/ingest_asgi.py"
+        "glitchtip/settings.py"
+      ];
+      hash = "sha256-FwOJYSsJcJoqUwuHwHPWkzQqVB81Chex4RFTIhl82XM=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     echo 'import os
     ALLAUTH_TRUSTED_CLIENT_IP_HEADER = os.getenv(
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-async-backend/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-async-backend/default.nix
index 63d8fd4ee26f..88dde3cc1d6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-async-backend/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-async-backend/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
   postgresqlTestHook,
   psycopg,
   psycopg-pool,
-  pytest-django,
-  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {