diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroid/default.nix
index 265e045d832f..16293f1b8a6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroid/default.nix
@@ -10,23 +10,21 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "astroid";
-  version = "4.0.1"; # Check whether the version is compatible with pylint
+  version = "4.0.3"; # Check whether the version is compatible with pylint
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PyCQA";
     repo = "astroid";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Ulifj+ym0j0LqhmKPfM8vVCjz71Gwd483ke3PkMnHb8=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-5p1xY6EWviSgmrLVOx3w7RcG/Vpx+sUtVndoxXrIFTQ=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [ typing-extensions ];
+  dependencies = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [ typing-extensions ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pip
@@ -48,10 +46,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/v${version}/ChangeLog";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/ChangeLog";
     description = "Abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
index b53e0011d383..e8b0eed334f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
@@ -20,20 +20,19 @@
   tomli,
   tomlkit,
   typing-extensions,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pylint";
-  version = "4.0.2";
+  version = "4.0.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pylint-dev";
     repo = "pylint";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DzS5ORhFWmA+eEhGDdpXdHLgWTfw198S7pQueBk44Cw=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-mKI/sRYl2ZwZ3JklmqBTs7vRG9EA4zDHaW61d/Xozb4=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytest7CheckHook
     requests
     typing-extensions
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   pytestFlags = [
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "-v"
   ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$TEMPDIR
-  '';
-
   disabledTestPaths = [
     "tests/benchmark"
     # tests miss multiple input files
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Bug and style checker for Python";
     homepage = "https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     longDescription = ''
       Pylint is a Python static code analysis tool which looks for programming errors,
       helps enforcing a coding standard, sniffs for code smells and offers simple
@@ -123,4 +119,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     maintainers = [ ];
     mainProgram = "pylint";
   };
-}
+})