diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
index 50addec97c2..0a01b965e8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-lint/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ansible-lint";
-  version = "4.1.1a0";
+  version = "4.2.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "00mw56a3lmdb5xvrzhahrzqv3wvxfz0mxl4n0qbkxzggf2pg0i8d";
+    sha256 = "0jj1vjmwgaj6d3f3xslcfq5zp16z7rxwlahfp36661fpha35v4pb";
   };
 
+  format = "pyproject";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml six ansible ruamel_yaml ];
   checkInputs = [ nose ];
@@ -31,10 +33,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # give a hint to setuptools_scm on package version
   preBuild = ''
     export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="v${version}"
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
   '';
 
   checkPhase = ''
-    PATH=$out/bin:$PATH HOME=$(mktemp -d) nosetests test
+    PATH=$out/bin:$PATH nosetests test
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {