diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix
index 620ec7ce6892..bc55e3ab8ff7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix
@@ -4,29 +4,32 @@
 , click
 , pytestCheckHook
 , shellingham
-, pytest-cov
 , pytest-xdist
 , pytest-sugar
 , coverage
 , mypy
 , black
 , isort
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "typer";
-  version = "0.3.2";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "00v3h63dq8yxahp9vg3yb9r27l2niwv8gv0dbds9dzrc298dfmal";
+    sha256 = "1pgm0zsylbmz1r96q4n3rfi0h3pn4jss2yfs83z0yxa90nmsxhv3";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+  ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
-    pytest-cov
     pytest-xdist
     pytest-sugar
     shellingham
@@ -35,18 +38,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     black
     isort
   ];
-  pytestFlagsArray = [
-    "--ignore=tests/test_completion/test_completion.py"
-    "--ignore=tests/test_completion/test_completion_install.py"
-  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d);
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "typer" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library for building CLI applications";
     homepage = "https://typer.tiangolo.com/";
-    description = "Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints.";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    # is incompatible with click8
-    # https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/issues/280
-    broken = true;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.winpat ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ winpat ];
   };
 }