diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/0001-Remove-pytest-runner-version-pin.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/0001-Remove-pytest-runner-version-pin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b602421d100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/0001-Remove-pytest-runner-version-pin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index aef5c4e..030ea14 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setup(name='cpplint',
+       long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+       license='BSD-3-Clause',
+       setup_requires=[
+-          "pytest-runner==5.2"
++          "pytest-runner"
+       ],
+       tests_require=test_required,
+       # extras_require allow pip install .[dev]
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/default.nix
index f880d8fa7b7f..2f665b8395ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cpplint/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "cpplint";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.5.5";
 
   # Fetch from github instead of pypi, since the test cases are not in the pypi archive
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0k927mycj1k4l3fbxrk597bhcjl2nrpaas1imbjgk64cyq8dv7lh";
+    sha256 = "sha256-JXz2Ufo7JSceZVqYwCRkuAsOR08znZlIUk8GCLAyiI4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./0001-Remove-pytest-runner-version-pin.patch ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs cpplint_unittest.py
   '';