diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix
index 8eb24dbe3385..c5c271c46276 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdf2/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
 , glibcLocales
+, typing-extensions
 , python
 , isPy3k
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "PyPDF2";
-  version = "2.5.0";
+  version = "2.8.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-WAKx9A+nm+G1q57claTn9+czmVidtPDmbKgx9Ennos0=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ad39ck3f4HAQ7zpWyVvxIYVT7Anig2Nuzw8HLsEZWZo=";
   };
 
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
   buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s Tests
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
   '';
 
   # Tests broken on Python 3.x
-  doCheck = !(isPy3k);
+  #doCheck = !(isPy3k);
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A Pure-Python library built as a PDF toolkit";