diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
index 47c7d5063090..07922ee19efa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastparquet/default.nix
@@ -3,22 +3,19 @@ thrift, pytest, python-snappy, lz4, zstd }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fastparquet";
-  version = "0.4.1";
+  version = "0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dask";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "ViZRGEv227/RgCBYAQN8F3Z0m8WrNUT5KUdyFosjg9s=";
+    sha256 = "17i091kky34m2xivk29fqsyxxxa7v4352n79w01n7ni93za6wana";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     # FIXME: package zstandard
     # removing the test dependency for now
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'zstandard'," ""
-
-    # workaround for https://github.com/dask/fastparquet/issues/517
-    rm fastparquet/test/test_partition_filters_specialstrings.py
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];