diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix
index a02d900a7f07..c3a08f931557 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,41 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , flake8
 , pydocstyle
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "flake8-docstrings";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.7.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "9fe7c6a306064af8e62a055c2f61e9eb1da55f84bb39caef2b84ce53708ac34b";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PyCQA";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-EafLWySeHB81HRcXiDs56lbUZzGvnT87WVqln0PoLCk=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ flake8 pydocstyle ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    flake8
+    pydocstyle
+  ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "flake8_docstrings" ];
+  # Module has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "flake8_docstrings"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Extension for flake8 which uses pydocstyle to check docstrings";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8-docstrings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pycqa/flake8-docstrings";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-docstrings/blob/${version}/HISTORY.rst";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ smaret ];
   };