diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
index ef42bd43239a..2e4953ec7b9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , pythonOlder
 , installShellFiles
 , astroid
 , isort
 , mccabe
+, platformdirs
 , toml
 , pytest-benchmark
 , pytest-xdist
@@ -15,13 +16,15 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pylint";
-  version = "2.7.4";
+  version = "2.10.2";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "bd38914c7731cdc518634a8d3c5585951302b6e2b6de60fbb3f7a0220e21eeee";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PyCQA";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-hkrkgUdC5LO1oSPFL6gvIk0zFpMw45gCmnoRbdPZuRs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     astroid
     isort
     mccabe
+    platformdirs
     toml
   ];
 
@@ -58,6 +62,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "-n auto"
   ];
 
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # tests miss multiple input files
+    # FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+    "tests/pyreverse/test_writer.py"
+  ];
+
   disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "test_parallel_execution"
     "test_py3k_jobs_option"