diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix
index 84e92fa9f7c..1d83edbc722 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snowflake-connector-python/default.nix
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "snowflake-connector-python";
-  version = "2.2.0";
+  version = "2.2.2";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1d3qxjqc79fi2l4sns5svbc6kfaihivsrpycflmh50h7x0k9sv7f";
+    sha256 = "1qqlqypxj3j5qz8jjzil7250alf0w4bx8k8ndyj2ymp8kq2z1v0j";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     urllib3
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'cffi>=1.9,<1.14'," "'cffi~=1.9',"
+  '';
+
   # tests are not working
   # XXX: fix the tests
   doCheck = false;