diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyevtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyevtk/default.nix
index 16081d1cc613..2164ffb9e118 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyevtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyevtk/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchPypi,
   setuptools,
   numpy,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyevtk";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "1.6.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "pyscience-projects";
-    repo = "pyevtk";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-HrodoVxjREZiutgRJ3ZUrART29+gAZfpR9f4A4SRh4Q=";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+
+    hash = "sha256-H2vnh2o6AFyCWIYVUdpP5+RP8aLn/yqT1txR3u39pfQ=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Exports data to binary VTK files for visualization/analysis";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pyscience-projects/pyevtk";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/pyscience-projects/pyevtk/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.txt";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sigmanificient ];
   };