diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/w3lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/w3lib/default.nix
index 2849f5e1285c..f386a43ef40b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/w3lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/w3lib/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   hatchling,
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "w3lib";
-  version = "2.4.0";
+  version = "2.4.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-4jOtIWSbadDgR6EPMBga6Wd1JKKfb3H288dY3AyNJkg=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "scrapy";
+    repo = "w3lib";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RcjsuzlHx3vp0tBucCQZQTVq9FsxSpY9iLwlvoo02cE=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ hatchling ];
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Library of web-related functions";
     homepage = "https://github.com/scrapy/w3lib";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/scrapy/w3lib/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/NEWS";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/scrapy/w3lib/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/NEWS";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };