diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/default.nix
index 46aebb519500..e6473e98a282 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,40 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , lib
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , setuptools-scm
 , pythonOlder
 , importlib-metadata
+, callPackage
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pluggy";
-  version = "1.0.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "4224373bacce55f955a878bf9cfa763c1e360858e330072059e10bad68531159";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pytest-dev";
+    repo = "pluggy";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-SzJu7ITdmUgusn8sz6fRBpxTMQncWIViP5NCAj4q4GM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
 
+  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
     importlib-metadata
   ];
 
   # To prevent infinite recursion with pytest
   doCheck = false;
+  passthru.tests = {
+    pytest = callPackage ./tests.nix { };
+  };
 
   meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/pluggy/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     description = "Plugin and hook calling mechanisms for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/pluggy";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/tests.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/tests.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc6e16e7b2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pluggy/tests.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, pluggy
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "pluggy-tests";
+  inherit (pluggy) version;
+  format = "other";
+
+  inherit (pluggy) src;
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontInstall = true;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pluggy
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+}