diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix
index 673ff7f83a3f..ceec2bab490e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, lib }:
+{ lib
+, python3
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "getmail6";
-  version = "6.16";
+  version = "6.17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1y373nzbffjjjs43441cn3wrb0yq1mw2vqixhizbzdacrs45xbfa";
+    sha256 = "sha256-pPf+98zoS1t59RoqbmS4V0OsTLMR37Wcsl9BSWuvc0k=";
   };
 
+  # needs a Docker setup
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "getmailcore" ];
@@ -26,6 +30,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     homepage = "https://getmail6.org";
     updateWalker = true;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbe ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbe dotlambda ];
   };
 }