diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyGithub/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyGithub/default.nix
index 3f5d3a5bd8c3..2102554faceb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyGithub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyGithub/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, buildPythonPackage, python-jose, pyjwt, requests, deprecated, httpretty }:
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cryptography
+, deprecated
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, httpretty
+, isPy3k
+, parameterized
+, pyjwt
+, pytestCheckHook
+, requests }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "PyGithub";
-  version = "1.45";
+  version = "1.47";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PyGithub";
     repo = "PyGithub";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1aiyqwdxpcr7yzz7aqmmjn1g2ajs5bpbln4sax5zw19dqi6qgp9z";
+    sha256 = "0zvp1gib2lryw698vxkbdv40n3lsmdlhwp7vdcg41dqqa5nfryhn";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python-jose pyjwt requests deprecated httpretty ];
+  checkInputs = [ httpretty parameterized pytestCheckHook ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cryptography deprecated pyjwt requests ];
+
+  # Test suite makes REST calls against github.com
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub";
     description = "A Python (2 and 3) library to access the GitHub API v3";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.gpl3;