diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix
index 8cd0a5ef1f04..fafe0b2e9807 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkg-about/default.nix
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@
 , setuptools
 , packaging
 , tomli
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pkg-about";
-  version = "1.0.8";
+  version = "1.1.5";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "pkg_about";
-    inherit version;
+    inherit pname version;
     extension = "zip";
-    hash = "sha256-mb43XbKypgilagXLW33kP8wXxioNsfLtl6AEnOI1WlA=";
+    hash = "sha256-B5u+iJuqHtv4BlGhdWqYxBfS89/S01OXmLyDOQraHfo=";
   };
 
   # tox is listed in build requirements but not actually used to build
   # keeping it as a requirement breaks the build unnecessarily
   postPatch = ''
-    sed  -i "/requires/s/, 'tox>=3.25.1'//"  pyproject.toml
+    sed -i "/requires/s/, 'tox>=[^']*'//" pyproject.toml
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     tomli
   ];
 
-  # Module has no tests
-  doCheck = false;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "pkg_about"