diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c4dfd9855fbb..08ecdda816e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26332,19 +26332,25 @@ in modules // {
   };
 
   libarchive-c = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "libarchive-c-2.1";
+    name = "libarchive-c-${version}";
+    version = "2.5";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/l/libarchive-c/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "089lrz6xyrfnk55v35vis6jyqyyl77w093057djyspnd2744wi2n";
+      sha256 = "98660daa2501d2da51ab6f39893dc24e88916e72b2d80c205641faa5bce66859";
     };
 
-    patchPhase = ''
+    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+    postPatch = ''
       substituteInPlace libarchive/ffi.py --replace \
-        "find_library('archive')" "'${pkgs.libarchive}/lib/libarchive.so'"
+        "find_library('archive')" "'${pkgs.libarchive.lib}/lib/libarchive.so'"
+    '';
+    checkPhase = ''
+      py.test tests -k 'not test_check_archiveentry_with_unicode_entries_and_name_zip'
     '';
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libarchive ];
+    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest pkgs.glibcLocales ];
   };
 
   pybrowserid = buildPythonPackage rec {