diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix
index ecb455b51e4a..5893e5a6b941 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, flake8, six, orderedmultidict }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, flake8, six, orderedmultidict, pytest }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "furl";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1v2lakx03d5w8954a39ki44xv5mllnq0a0avhxykv9hrzg0yvjpx";
+    sha256 = "08dnw3bs1mk0f1ccn466a5a7fi1ivwrp0jspav9arqpf3wd27q60";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ flake8 ];
+  checkInputs = [ flake8 pytest ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ six orderedmultidict ];
 
+  # see https://github.com/gruns/furl/issues/121
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest -k 'not join'
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "URL manipulation made simple.";
-    homepage = https://github.com/gruns/furl;
-    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    description = "furl is a small Python library that makes parsing and manipulating URLs easy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gruns/furl";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanzef ];
   };
 }