diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix
index 87f6bf3d4bbf..9fb30b5e143e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , hatchling
 , ipykernel
 , ipython
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , nbformat
 , pythonOlder
 , sphinx
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -18,10 +19,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit version;
-    pname = "jupyter_sphinx";
-    hash = "sha256-LiNpmjoc9dsxsQmB2lqjJgbucw9rc6hE0edtgAdWr1Y=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyter";
+    repo = "jupyter-sphinx";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-o/i3WravKZPf7uw2H4SVYfAyaZGf19ZJlkmeHCWcGtE=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -37,12 +39,26 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sphinx
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "jupyter_sphinx"
+  ];
+
+  env.JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS = 1;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Jupyter Sphinx Extensions";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-sphinx/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-sphinx/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
-
 }