diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdbus/default.nix
index 73e56df93037..f5f9b193c265 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdbus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdbus/default.nix
@@ -2,31 +2,49 @@
   pkgs,
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
+  dbus,
+  setuptools,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-let
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "sdbus";
-  version = "0.14.1.post0";
-in
-buildPythonPackage {
-  format = "setuptools";
-  inherit pname version;
+  version = "0.14.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "python-sdbus";
+    repo = "python-sdbus";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-vRz7RTSI5QjI48YnaC20mbOKl6+yXk/TrFicQ0MDR9Q=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgs.systemd ];
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-rjkVqz4/ChFmMuHlh235krlSnoKwtJIAbrIvh5Htbes=";
-  };
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sdbus" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    dbus
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # try to access /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+    "test/test_proxies.py::TestFreedesktopDbus::test_connection"
+    "test/test_sdbus_block.py::TestSync::test_sync"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Modern Python library for D-Bus";
     homepage = "https://github.com/python-sdbus/python-sdbus";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ camelpunch ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})