diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix
index 87da2c546b866..d775cef4d6734 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xsimd/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "C++ wrappers for SIMD intrinsics";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tobim ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tobim doronbehar ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
index 9d34cb27c8cdc..deaab05a6574e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python";
     license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.fridh ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh doronbehar ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythran/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythran/default.nix
index 1851eb3bbf23c..3e62fa882cc9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythran/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythran/default.nix
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Ahead of Time compiler for numeric kernels";
     homepage = "https://github.com/serge-sans-paille/pythran";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy/default.nix
index caca48153b72b..ec6e966d79bf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scipy/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 , pkg-config
 , pythran
 , wheel
+, nose
+, setuptools
+, hypothesis
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pytest-xdist
 , numpy
@@ -31,8 +34,8 @@ let
   #     nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix --argstr package python3.pkgs.scipy
   #
   # The update script uses sed regexes to replace them with the updated hashes.
-  version = "1.11.4";
-  srcHash = "sha256-hNAZOMDFYqZpb67Pzg/WALWagFYvqYO1jOmcipDDRbE=";
+  version = "1.12.0";
+  srcHash = "sha256-PuiyYTgSegDTV9Kae5N68FOXT1jyJrNv9p2aFP70Z20=";
   datasetsHashes = {
     ascent = "1qjp35ncrniq9rhzb14icwwykqg2208hcssznn3hz27w39615kh3";
     ecg = "1bwbjp43b7znnwha5hv6wiz3g0bhwrpqpi75s12zidxrbwvd62pj";
@@ -75,13 +78,11 @@ in buildPythonPackage {
     })
   ];
 
-  # Relax deps a bit
+  # Upstream complicated numpy version pinning is causing issues in the
+  # configurePhase, so we pass on it.
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'meson-python>=0.12.1,<0.15.0' 'meson-python' \
-      --replace 'numpy==' 'numpy>=' \
-      --replace "pybind11>=2.10.4,<2.11.1" "pybind11>=2.10.4,<2.12.0" \
-      --replace 'wheel<0.41.0' 'wheel'
+      --replace-fail 'numpy==' 'numpy>=' \
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage {
     pythran
     pkg-config
     wheel
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ in buildPythonPackage {
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    nose
+    hypothesis
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-xdist
   ];
@@ -157,42 +161,9 @@ in buildPythonPackage {
   #
   hardeningDisable = lib.optionals (stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isDarwin) [ "stackprotector" ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    # Adapted from pytestCheckHook because scipy uses a custom check phase.
-    # It needs to pass `$args` as a Python list to `scipy.test` rather than as
-    # arguments to pytest on the command-line.
-    args=""
-    if [ -n "$disabledTests" ]; then
-      disabledTestsString=$(_pytestComputeDisabledTestsString "''${disabledTests[@]}")
-      args+="'-k','$disabledTestsString'"
-    fi
-
-    if [ -n "''${disabledTestPaths-}" ]; then
-        eval "disabledTestPaths=($disabledTestPaths)"
-    fi
-
-    for path in ''${disabledTestPaths[@]}; do
-      if [ ! -e "$path" ]; then
-        echo "Disabled tests path \"$path\" does not exist. Aborting"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-      args+="''${args:+,}'--ignore=\"$path\"'"
-    done
-    args+="''${args:+,}$(printf \'%s\', "''${pytestFlagsArray[@]}")"
-    args=''${args%,}
-
-    pushd "$out"
+  preCheck = ''
     export OMP_NUM_THREADS=$(( $NIX_BUILD_CORES / 4 ))
-    ${python.interpreter} -c "import scipy, sys; sys.exit(scipy.test(
-        'fast',
-        verbose=10,
-        extra_argv=[$args],
-        parallel=$NIX_BUILD_CORES
-    ) != True)"
-    popd
-    runHook postCheck
+    cd $out
   '';
 
   requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ]; # the tests need lots of CPU time