diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yarl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yarl/default.nix
index 0fd0f0ae6898..356e3f792639 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yarl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yarl/default.nix
@@ -1,45 +1,43 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
   cython,
   expandvars,
   setuptools,
   idna,
   multidict,
-  typing-extensions,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytest-xdist,
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "yarl";
-  version = "1.9.4";
+  version = "1.13.1";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-Vm24ZxfPgIC5m1iwg7dzqQiuQPBmgeh+WJqXb6+CRr8=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aio-libs";
+    repo = "yarl";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-I6/c5Q6/SRw8PIW4rPLKhVRVPRIC+n+Cz+UrKn5Pv/0=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i '/cov/d' pytest.ini
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     cython
     expandvars
     setuptools
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     idna
     multidict
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ typing-extensions ];
+  ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     # don't import yarl from ./ so the C extension is available
@@ -47,6 +45,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytest-xdist
     pytestCheckHook
   ];