diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plyara/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plyara/default.nix
index 3b03163a52dd..c6b3616286b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plyara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plyara/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   setuptools,
   ply,
+
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pycodestyle,
+  pydocstyle,
+  pyflakes,
+  coverage,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -14,9 +20,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.10"; # https://github.com/plyara/plyara: "Plyara requires Python 3.10+"
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-zmpb5r3BcveLsQ0uIgQJx2vUaz2p/0PlO76E0e7elwA=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "plyara";
+    repo = "plyara";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-WaQgqx003it+D0AGDxV6aSKO89F2iR9d8L4zvHyd0iQ=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -31,11 +39,27 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "plyara"
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pycodestyle
+    pydocstyle
+    pyflakes
+    coverage
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # touches network
+    "test_third_party_repositories"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Parse YARA rules";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/plyara/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/plyara/plyara";
     changelog = "https://github.com/plyara/plyara/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ _13621 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      _13621
+      ivyfanchiang
+    ];
   };
 }