diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/github3-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/github3-py/default.nix
index e92af9380844..72fd8108f0c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/github3-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/github3-py/default.nix
@@ -9,25 +9,31 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 , betamax
 , betamax-matchers
+, hatchling
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "github3.py";
-  version = "3.2.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "4.0.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-Cbcr4Ul9NGsJaM3oNgoNavedwgbQFJpjzT7IbGXDd8w=";
+    hash = "sha256-MNVxB2dT78OJ7cf5qu8zik/LJLVNiWjV85sTQvRd3TY=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyjwt
+    python-dateutil
     requests
     uritemplate
-    python-dateutil
-    pyjwt
   ]
   ++ pyjwt.optional-dependencies.crypto;
 
@@ -37,6 +43,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     betamax-matchers
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # disable tests with "AttributeError: 'MockHTTPResponse' object has no attribute 'close'", due to betamax
+      url = "https://github.com/sigmavirus24/github3.py/commit/9d6124c09b0997b5e83579549bcf22b3e901d7e5.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-8Z4vN7iKl/sOcEJptsH5jsqijZgvL6jS7kymZ8+m6bY=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Solves "__main__.py: error: unrecognized arguments: -nauto"
   preCheck = ''
     rm tox.ini