diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/myst-parser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/myst-parser/default.nix
index b79a05db5375..bb91e8e228b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/myst-parser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/myst-parser/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  pythonOlder,
 
   # build-system
   flit-core,
@@ -25,14 +26,16 @@
 }:
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "myst-parser";
-  version = "4.0.1";
+  version = "5.0.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.11";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "executablebooks";
     repo = "myst-parser";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-/Prauz4zuJY39EK2BmgBbH1uwjF4K38e5X5hPYwRBl0=";
+    hash = "sha256-0lGejdGVVvZar3sPBbvThXzJML7PcR5+shyDHTTtVEY=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ flit-core ];
@@ -60,15 +63,9 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ markdown-it-py.optional-dependencies.linkify;
 
-  disabledTests = [
-    # sphinx 8.2 compat
-    # https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/issues/1030
-    "test_commonmark"
-    "test_extended_syntaxes"
-    "test_fieldlist_extension"
-    "test_includes"
-    "test_references_singlehtml"
-    "test_sphinx_directives"
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # outdated sphinx fixtures
+    "tests/test_renderers/test_fixtures_sphinx.py"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "myst_parser" ];