diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-spanner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-spanner/default.nix
index 2da0cc981186..e6a41a127365 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-spanner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-cloud-spanner/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   deprecated,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   google-api-core,
   google-cloud-core,
   google-cloud-testutils,
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-cloud-spanner";
-  version = "3.45.0";
+  version = "3.47.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-MKtW6krGqnQ3hCmPgh4N5lRAGTe0DGDMegpUUoSpG0M=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "googleapis";
+    repo = "python-spanner";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-eq4tXwXHDdGUyZfPtU/l5cpzYB6AMdqZtj03+2yK8Wk=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -60,6 +62,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     rm -r google
   '';
 
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Requires credentials
+    "test_list_backup"
+    "test_list_database"
+    "test_list_instance"
+  ];
+
   disabledTestPaths = [
     # Requires credentials
     "tests/system/test_backup_api.py"
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "tests/unit/spanner_dbapi/test_connect.py"
     "tests/unit/spanner_dbapi/test_connection.py"
     "tests/unit/spanner_dbapi/test_cursor.py"
+    "samples/samples/"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [