diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 96b5db7ee047..a156b4accc9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18223,12 +18223,13 @@ in {
   };
 
   pgspecial = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pgspecial-${version}";
-    version = "1.6.0";
+    pname = "pgspecial";
+    version = "1.7.0";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      sha256 = "09ilalpgcl86f79648qsjm87dqi97bc70y51nrf0b3i1py3mhs2m";
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pgspecial/${name}.tar.gz";
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "0jnv8mr75pjhj2azb2ljhhkd7s1b0b59f7xps322kqbpmwf26zi9";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ pytest psycopg2 ];