diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index 8d499867cbc..61800060809 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -1853,46 +1853,56 @@ built-in cache to decrease server I/O pressure.  cgit-pink is a fork of
 cgit.")))
 
 (define-public python-git-multimail
-  (package
-    (name "python-git-multimail")
-    (version "1.6.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (pypi-uri "git-multimail" version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "0hwgf2p2dd4z397wj0y558s8xxbkzbsa6yb9n1iax624y7swjng1"))))
-    (build-system python-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     '(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'patch
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (substitute* "setup.py"
-               (("'git-multimail', 'README.rst'")
-                "'README.rst'"))
-             (substitute* "git-multimail/git_multimail.py"
-               (("GIT_EXECUTABLE = 'git'")
-                (string-append "GIT_EXECUTABLE = '"
-                               (assoc-ref inputs "git") "/bin/git"
-                               "'"))
-               (("/usr/sbin/sendmail")
-                (search-input-file inputs
-                                   "/sbin/sendmail"))))))))
-    (inputs
-     (list git sendmail))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail")
-    (synopsis "Send notification emails for Git pushes")
-    (description
-     "This hook sends emails describing changes introduced by pushes to a Git
+  (let ((commit "747fad49038b1f0eea12ab4ad453fb404111fe11")
+        (revision "0"))
+    (package
+      (name "python-git-multimail")
+      (version (git-version "1.6.0" revision commit))
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+                (url "https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail")
+                (commit commit)))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+         (sha256
+          (base32 "101lm3sxdi844bj91x1sqnjw1lmqv1ir1m2dr2nfv9gap94pvaiw"))))
+      (build-system pyproject-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       (list
+        ;; Some tests are failing, but the test suite is not configurable.
+        #:tests? #f
+        #:phases
+        #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+            (add-after 'unpack 'patch
+              (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                (substitute* "setup.py"
+                  (("'git-multimail', 'README.rst'")
+                   "'README.rst'"))
+                (substitute* "git-multimail/git_multimail.py"
+                  (("GIT_EXECUTABLE = 'git'")
+                   (format #f "GIT_EXECUTABLE = '~a'"
+                           (search-input-file inputs "bin/git")))
+                  (("/usr/sbin/sendmail")
+                   (search-input-file inputs "/sbin/sendmail")))))
+            (replace 'check
+              (lambda* (#:key tests? #:allow-other-keys)
+                (when tests?
+                  (with-directory-excursion "t"
+                    (invoke "make" "test"))))))))
+      (native-inputs (list python-setuptools))
+      (inputs (list git sendmail))
+      (home-page "https://github.com/git-multimail/git-multimail")
+      (synopsis "Send notification emails for Git pushes")
+      (description
+       "This hook sends emails describing changes introduced by pushes to a Git
 repository.  For each reference that was changed, it emits one ReferenceChange
 email summarizing how the reference was changed, followed by one Revision
 email for each new commit that was introduced by the reference change.
 
 This script is designed to be used as a post-receive hook in a Git
 repository")
-    (license license:gpl2)))
+      (license license:gpl2))))
 
 (define-public python-ghp-import
   (package