diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/patches/fix-tests.patch b/srcpkgs/pylint/patches/fix-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9eda4571cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pylint/patches/fix-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/pull/4781
+
+--- a/tests/lint/unittest_lint.py
++++ b/tests/lint/unittest_lint.py
+@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def test_pylint_home():
+             assert config.PYLINT_HOME == pylintd
+         finally:
+             try:
+-                os.remove(pylintd)
++                rmtree(pylintd)
+             except FileNotFoundError:
+                 pass
+     finally:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/template b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
index e2c275d029d..7b1b6e4fed2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
@@ -1,34 +1,26 @@
 # Template file for 'pylint'
 pkgname=pylint
-version=2.7.4
+version=2.9.6
 revision=1
-wrksrc="pylint-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
+make_check_args="--deselect=tests/benchmark/test_baseline_benchmarks.py"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-astroid python3-six python3-isort python3-mccabe python3-toml"
-checkdepends="python3-astroid python3-isort python3-mccabe python3-pytest python3-toml"
+depends="python3-astroid python3-isort python3-mccabe python3-toml"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest python3-tkinter python3-six"
 short_desc="Python code static checker"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://www.pylint.org/"
+homepage="https://www.pylint.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/pylint/master/ChangeLog"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pylint/pylint-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bd38914c7731cdc518634a8d3c5585951302b6e2b6de60fbb3f7a0220e21eeee
-make_check=no
+distfiles="https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/archive/refs/tags/v$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=e6335c810ee3ff4b59e3990db49cf0d1e263e122b766853755436d88133c9496
 
 post_install() {
-	# no tests
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/pylint/test
-
 	# install example config and emacs files
 	vsconf examples/pylintrc
 	vsconf examples/pylintrc_camelcase
 	vsconf elisp/pylint.el
 	vsconf elisp/pylint-flymake.el
-
-	for f in man/*; do
-		vman "$f"
-	done
 }
 
 python3-pylint_package() {