diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmh3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmh3/default.nix
index 9e09b91850d3..01f34d240df6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmh3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmh3/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mmh3";
-  version = "4.1.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "5.0.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-oc8lNIuazSKd2kZKCU1hcPR9KFCh/Ldio7YXLSzmyko=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hajimes";
+    repo = "mmh3";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-no3wbBxEz1UPiN25HvZGAUV1QxZydJB0Hb2Ib9ZrAUY=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mmh3" ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python wrapper for MurmurHash3, a set of fast and robust hash functions";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hajimes/mmh3";