diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftdi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftdi/default.nix
index 4cb6138d5ebb..71253a894e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftdi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftdi/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,39 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder, pyusb, pyserial }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pyserial
+, pythonOlder
+, pyusb
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyftdi";
-  version = "0.51.2";
+  version = "0.52.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "eblot";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "14mkwk44bgm6s4kqagz7nm6p6gsygmksl2628jaqh7ppblxca9as";
+    sha256 = "0nm4z7v9qcb9mxqbl21jgzica4faldnpy5qmbkrc6scnx55pxfm9";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyusb pyserial ];
 
+  # tests requires access to the serial port
+  doCheck = false;
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyftdi" ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "User-space driver for modern FTDI devices";
+    longDescription = ''
+      PyFtdi aims at providing a user-space driver for popular FTDI devices.
+      This includes UART, GPIO and multi-serial protocols (SPI, I2C, JTAG)
+      bridges.
+    '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/eblot/pyftdi";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
   };
 }