diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery-redbeat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery-redbeat/default.nix
index c8d04153df73..cd5be7937ee2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery-redbeat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/celery-redbeat/default.nix
@@ -1,48 +1,64 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  python-dateutil,
   celery,
-  redis,
-  tenacity,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pytz,
+  cron-descriptor,
+  django-timezone-field,
+  django,
   fakeredis,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  python-crontab,
+  python-dateutil,
+  pytz,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "celery-redbeat";
-  version = "2.3.3";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "2.8.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "sibson";
-    repo = "redbeat";
+    owner = "celery";
+    repo = "django-celery-beat";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-bptEAOVxuwj9Y7LyBhtMU22Z1uCiJ4O4BZT2ytqQI80=";
+    hash = "sha256-pakOpch5r2ug0UDSqEU34qr4Tz1/mkuFiHW+IOUuGcc=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Hack the custom dependency resolution in setup.py to avoid pulling in pip
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "install_requires=reqs('default.txt') + reqs('runtime.txt')," "install_requires=[],"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     celery
+    cron-descriptor
+    django
+    django-timezone-field
+    python-crontab
     python-dateutil
-    redis
-    tenacity
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    fakeredis
     mock
     pytestCheckHook
     pytz
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "redbeat" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "django_celery_beat" ];
+
+  # Tests require additional work
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Database-backed Periodic Tasks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ onny ];
   };