diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index c07e3ea3208..8d7fae29277 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -33447,55 +33447,35 @@ tbutils
 (define-public python-eliot
   (package
     (name "python-eliot")
-    (version "1.16.0")
+    (version "1.17.5")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "eliot" version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1ybf5klr8r28yfrkm1a3598h83h10pkx1j1saf9h3lk21isxl9la"))))
+        (base32 "0rx7isb3h5fvraycfgqm781asjjmqldn0qcv6s2r5fwc1p31ffvb"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'remove-journald-support
-           (lambda _
-             (for-each delete-file
-                     '("eliot/tests/test_journald.py"
-                       "eliot/journald.py"))
-             #t))
-         (add-after 'remove-journald-support 'remove-eliot-prettyprint-tests
-           ;; remove command-line tool's tests. TODO eliot-prettyprint should
-           ;; be installed and these tests should pass.
-           (lambda _
-             (delete-file "eliot/tests/test_prettyprint.py")
-             #t))
-         (add-after 'remove-eliot-prettyprint-tests 'remove-failing-tests
-           (lambda _
-             ;; These tests started to fail after updating python-pandas to
-             ;; 1.3.3 and python-dask to 2021.9.1.
-             (substitute* "eliot/tests/test_validation.py"
-               (("test_omitLoggerFromActionType")
-                "_test_omitLoggerFromActionType")
-               (("test_logCallsDefaultLoggerWrite")
-                "_test_logCallsDefaultLoggerWrite"))
-             #t)))))
-    (propagated-inputs
-     (list python-boltons python-orjson python-pyrsistent python-zope-interface))
+     (list
+      ;; tests: 407 passed, 21 skipped, 2 deselected, 5479 warnings
+      ;; Two tests fail with error: TypeError: Unsupported type.
+      #:test-flags #~(list "-k" "not test_basic_types and not test_dataclass")
+      #:phases
+      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+          (add-after 'unpack 'remove-journald-support
+            (lambda _
+              (for-each delete-file
+                        '("eliot/tests/test_journald.py"
+                          "eliot/journald.py")))))))
     (native-inputs
-     (list python-black
-           python-coverage
-           python-flake8
-           python-hypothesis
-           python-pytest
-           python-pytest-xdist
+     (list python-pytest
            python-setuptools
-           python-sphinx
-           python-sphinx-rtd-theme
-           python-testtools
-           python-twine
-           python-twisted
-           python-wheel))
+           python-testtools))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     (list python-boltons
+           python-orjson
+           python-pyrsistent
+           python-zope-interface))
     (home-page "https://github.com/itamarst/eliot/")
     (synopsis "Eliot: the logging system that tells you why it happened")
     (description