diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix
index fe4d6ea7bda7..397fcaa3dd0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix
@@ -4,35 +4,33 @@
 , isPyPy
 , snappy
 , cffi
-, nose
+, python
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-snappy";
-  version = "0.6.0";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "06l9my361ig4x5ycyrmq33q83zcdib3y2zxfxv7k7dlpyp9ri2hn";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tqEHqwYgasxTWdTFYyvZsi1EhwKnmzFpsMYuD7gIuyo=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ snappy ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional isPyPy cffi;
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
-
   checkPhase = ''
-    rm -r snappy # prevent local snappy from being picked up
-    nosetests test_snappy.py
-  '' + lib.optionalString isPyPy ''
-    nosetests test_snappy_cffi.py
+    runHook preCheck
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python library for the snappy compression library from Google";
     homepage = "https://github.com/andrix/python-snappy";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ costrouc ];
   };
 }