diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix
index 9cfd5a04e218..0dd9835e617b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   charset-normalizer,
   cryptography,
   cython,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   filelock,
   idna,
   keyring,
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
   pyarrow,
   pyjwt,
   pyopenssl,
+  pytest-xdist,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   pytz,
   requests,
@@ -33,10 +35,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "snowflake_connector_python";
-    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-/ZvCqxv1OE0si2W8ALsEdVV9UvBHenESkzSqtT+Wef0=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "snowflakedb";
+    repo = "snowflake-connector-python";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-A6QnKCROd1vJpFCTrLEoHVo43xojdjpgYS3qQm64gcY=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -71,9 +74,35 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     secure-local-storage = [ keyring ];
   };
 
-  # Tests require encrypted secrets, see
-  # https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-python/tree/master/.github/workflows/parameters
-  doCheck = false;
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-xdist
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # Tests require encrypted secrets, see
+    # https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-python/tree/master/.github/workflows/parameters
+    "test/extras/simple_select1.py"
+    "test/integ"
+    # error getting schema from stream, error code: 0, error info: Expected to
+    # be able to read 19504 bytes for message body but got 19503
+    "test/unit/test_connection.py"
+    "test/unit/test_cursor.py"
+    "test/unit/test_error_arrow_stream.py"
+    "test/unit/test_ocsp.py"
+    "test/unit/test_retry_network.py"
+    "test/unit/test_s3_util.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Tests connect to the internet
+    "test_status_when_num_of_chunks_is_zero"
+    "test_test_socket_get_cert"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "snowflake"