diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix
index 3cad1aafe06c3..594ee6bd5c835 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix
@@ -2,30 +2,37 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  setuptools,
   substituteAll,
   graphviz,
   pytestCheckHook,
   chardet,
+  parameterized,
   pythonOlder,
   pyparsing,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pydot";
-  version = "2.0.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "3.0.2";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-YCRq8hUSP6Bi8hzXkb5n3aI6bygN8J9okZ5jeh5PMjU=";
+    hash = "sha256-kYDaVAtRs6oJ+/gRQLPt++IxXXeOhYmn0KSmnEEzK64=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing ];
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [ pyparsing ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     chardet
+    parameterized
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
@@ -36,29 +43,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # test_graphviz_regression_tests also fails upstream: https://github.com/pydot/pydot/pull/198
-    substituteInPlace test/pydot_unittest.py \
-      --replace "test_graphviz_regression_tests" "no_test_graphviz_regression_tests" \
-    # Patch path for pytestCheckHook
-    substituteInPlace test/pydot_unittest.py \
-      --replace "shapefile_dir = os.path.join(test_dir, 'from-past-to-future')" "shapefile_dir = 'test/from-past-to-future'" \
-      --replace "path = os.path.join(test_dir, TESTS_DIR_1)" "path = os.path.join('test/', TESTS_DIR_1)"
-  '';
-
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "test/pydot_unittest.py" ];
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    # broken, fixed after 2.0.0
-    "test_graph_with_shapefiles"
-  ];
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "test/test_pydot.py" ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pydot" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Allows to create both directed and non directed graphs from Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/erocarrera/pydot";
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pydot/pydot/blob/v${version}/ChangeLog";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }