diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmlsec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmlsec/default.nix
index 40ad5d477d7f..e1178ff3058f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmlsec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmlsec/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,41 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  hypothesis,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  pkgconfig,
+  setuptools-scm,
+
+  # nativeBuildInputs
+  pkg-config,
+  # pkgconfig,
+
+  # buildInputs
   libtool,
   libxml2,
   libxslt,
-  lxml,
-  pkg-config,
-  pkgconfig,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  setuptools-scm,
   xmlsec,
+
+  # dependencies
+  lxml,
+
+  # tests
+  hypothesis,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xmlsec";
   version = "1.3.17";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-8/rJrmefZlhZJcwAxfaDmuNsHQMVdhlXHe4YrMBbnAE=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xmlsec";
+    repo = "python-xmlsec";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-p3V75DLUI2PKdharP3/0HrKOgma9Kh3lAOZLRAQjo80=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -29,25 +43,27 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace-fail "setuptools==" "setuptools>="
   '';
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools-scm ];
+  build-system = [
+    pkgconfig
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
-    pkgconfig
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    xmlsec
-    libxslt
-    libxml2
     libtool
+    libxml2
+    libxslt
+    xmlsec
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lxml ];
+  dependencies = [ lxml ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
     hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
@@ -55,13 +71,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "tests/test_doc_examples.py"
   ];
 
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) [
+    # AssertionError: memory leak detected
+    "test_reinitialize_module"
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "xmlsec" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Python bindings for the XML Security Library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mehcode/python-xmlsec";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/releases/tag/${version}";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ zhaofengli ];
   };
-}
+})