diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mptt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mptt/default.nix
index 43d4739fa016..5cd5b63a76dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mptt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mptt/default.nix
@@ -5,18 +5,21 @@
   hatchling,
   django,
   django-js-asset,
+  model-bakery,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-django,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-mptt";
-  version = "0.17";
+  version = "0.18";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "django-mptt";
     repo = "django-mptt";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-fsVGwqlSZcBGXisbxTNGSwiuDOJ3DFV6MnB4h6OxkMA=";
+    hash = "sha256-UJQwjOde0DkG/Pa/pd2htnp4KEn5KwYAo8GP5A7/h+I=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ hatchling ];
@@ -28,8 +31,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mptt" ];
 
-  # No pytest checks, since they depend on model_mommy, which is deprecated
-  doCheck = false;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    model-bakery
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-django
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings
+    export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/tests:$PYTHONPATH
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Utilities for implementing a modified pre-order traversal tree in Django";