diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix
index 8585ffb23271..d92c58ec88bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyshark/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, appdirs
 , lxml
 , packaging
 , py
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyshark";
-  version = "0.4.6";
+  version = "0.5.3";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -22,17 +23,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     # 0.4.5 was the last release which was tagged
     # https://github.com/KimiNewt/pyshark/issues/541
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-yEpUFihETKta3+Xb8eSyTZ1uSi7ao4OqWzsCgDLLhe8=";
+    hash = "sha256-byll2GWY2841AAf8Xh+KfaCOtMGVKabTsLCe3gCdZ1o=";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/src";
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    appdirs
     py
     lxml
     packaging
   ];
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
   checkInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     wireshark-cli