diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix
index 73e8c90d4e4290..7cd7935d155cf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
 { callPackage, newScope, pkgs, fetchurl }:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
-  version = "1.6.1";
+  version = "1.7";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://nixos.org/releases/nixops/nixops-${version}/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0lfx5fhyg3z6725ydsk0ibg5qqzp5s0x9nbdww02k8s307axiah3";
-  };
-# nixops is incompatible with the most recent versions of listed
-# azure-mgmt-* packages, therefore we are pinning them to
-# package-private versions, so that they don't get trampled by
-# updates.
-# see
-# https://github.com/NixOS/nixops/issues/1065
-  python2Packages = pkgs.python2Packages.override {
-    overrides = (self: super: let callPackage = newScope self; in {
-      azure-mgmt-compute = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-compute { };
-      azure-mgmt-network = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-network { };
-      azure-mgmt-nspkg = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-nspkg { };
-      azure-mgmt-resource = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-resource { };
-      azure-mgmt-storage = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-storage { };
-    });
+    url = "https://nixos.org/releases/nixops/nixops-${version}/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "091c0b5bca57d4aa20be20e826ec161efe3aec9c788fbbcf3806a734a517f0f3";
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix
index 2ce7f9858a5b0b..b97415536ef7a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, python2Packages, libxslt, docbook_xsl_ns, openssh, cacert
+{ lib, python2Packages, libxslt, docbook_xsl_ns, openssh, cacert, nixopsAzurePackages ? []
 # version args
 , src, version
 }:
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
       boto3
       hetzner
       libcloud
-      azure-storage
-      azure-mgmt-compute
-      azure-mgmt-network
-      azure-mgmt-resource
-      azure-mgmt-storage
       adal
       # Go back to sqlite once Python 2.7.13 is released
       pysqlite
@@ -27,7 +22,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
       digital-ocean
       libvirt
       typing
-    ];
+    ] ++ nixopsAzurePackages;
 
   checkPhase =
   # Ensure, that there are no (python) import errors
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/NixOS/nixops;
     description = "NixOS cloud provisioning and deployment tool";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eelco rob domenkozar ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aminechikhaoui eelco rob domenkozar ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/nixops-v1_6_1.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/nixops-v1_6_1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d9ba324dce720b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/nixops-v1_6_1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ callPackage, newScope, pkgs, fetchurl }:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
+  version = "1.6.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://nixos.org/releases/nixops/nixops-${version}/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0lfx5fhyg3z6725ydsk0ibg5qqzp5s0x9nbdww02k8s307axiah3";
+  };
+  nixopsAzurePackages = with python2Packages; [
+    azure-storage
+    azure-mgmt-compute
+    azure-mgmt-network
+    azure-mgmt-resource
+    azure-mgmt-storage
+  ];
+  # nixops is incompatible with the most recent versions of listed
+  # azure-mgmt-* packages, therefore we are pinning them to
+  # package-private versions, so that they don't get trampled by
+  # updates.
+  # see
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixops/issues/1065
+  python2Packages = pkgs.python2Packages.override {
+    overrides = (self: super: let callPackage = newScope self; in {
+      azure-mgmt-compute = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-compute { };
+      azure-mgmt-network = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-network { };
+      azure-mgmt-nspkg = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-nspkg { };
+      azure-mgmt-resource = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-resource { };
+      azure-mgmt-storage = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-storage { };
+    });
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix
index dc71914f087b49..94975807dea6b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # Then copy the URL to the tarball.
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
-  version = "1.6.1pre2728_8ed39f9";
+  version = "1.7pre2764_932bf43";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/88329589/download/2/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1ppnhqmsbiijm6r77h86abv3fjny5iq35yvj207s520kjwzaj7kc";
+    url = "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/92372343/download/2/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "f35bf81bf2805473ea54248d0ee92d163d00a1992f3f75d17e8cf430db1f9919";
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a947ceec6a7a6b..85a4820cf0a464 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22549,6 +22549,8 @@ in
 
   nixops = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops { };
 
+  nixops_1_6_1 = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops/nixops-v1_6_1.nix {};
+
   nixopsUnstable = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix { });
 
   nixops-dns = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops/nixops-dns.nix { };