diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix
index d79f6201b6fd..7b4fc177bc11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/portalocker/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,27 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch
-, sphinx
-, pytest
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
 , pytestcov
 , pytest-flake8
+, pytest-mypy
+, redis
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "2.3.0";
   pname = "portalocker";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1p32v16va780mjjdbyp3v702aqg5s618khlila7bdyynis1n84q9";
+    sha256 = "0k08c0qg21mwz3iqbd20ab22nq705q7cal4a1qr8qnd6ga03v4af";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # remove pytest-flakes from test dependencies
-    # merged into master, remove > 1.7.0 release
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/WoLpH/portalocker/commit/42e4c0a16bbc987c7e33b5cbc7676a63a164ceb5.patch";
-      sha256 = "01mlr41nhh7mh3qhqy5fhp3br4nps745iy4ns9fjcnm5xhabg5rr";
-      excludes = [ "pytest.ini" ];
-    })
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    redis
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
-    sphinx
-    pytest
-    pytestcov
-    pytest-flake8
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-mypy
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {