diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/mycli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/mycli/default.nix
index bf1ad3cfe47b..c1753fe1a563 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/mycli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/mycli/default.nix
@@ -30,16 +30,24 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     sqlparse
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook glibcLocales ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
+  preCheck = ''
     export HOME=.
     export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
-
-    py.test \
-      --ignore=mycli/packages/paramiko_stub/__init__.py
   '';
 
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "mycli/packages/paramiko_stub/__init__.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Note: test_auto_escaped_col_names is currently failing due to a bug upstream.
+    # TODO: re-enable this test once there is a fix upstream. See
+    # https://github.com/dbcli/mycli/issues/1103 for details.
+    "test_auto_escaped_col_names"
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace "cryptography == 36.0.2" "cryptography"