diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix
index d64699d43500..520c2e38b8a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jmespath/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,41 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   hypothesis,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "jmespath";
-  version = "1.0.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-kCYbIG1t79WP3V6F9Hi/YzopAXmJBr4q04kVDFxg7b4=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jmespath";
+    repo = "jmespath.py";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-DtRMWKE1LeD+NAmMJOISfBo5w9HJW7XFeQp7A3NjkjE=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     hypothesis
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  enabledTestPaths = [
+    "tests"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.py";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.py/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.rst";
     description = "JMESPath allows you to declaratively specify how to extract elements from a JSON document";
     mainProgram = "jp.py";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
-}
+})