diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/etelemetry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/etelemetry/default.nix
index 24777c4e9cf8..a3b9008fc1ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/etelemetry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/etelemetry/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27, ci-info, ci-py, requests }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, ci-info
+, ci-py
+, requests
+, setuptools
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.2.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
   pname = "etelemetry";
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  version = "0.3.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1rw8im09ppnb7z7p7rx658rp5ib8zca8byxg1kiflqwgx5c8zddz";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sensein";
+    repo = "etelemetry-client";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-UaE5JQhv2AtzXKY7YD2/g6Kj1igKhmnY3zlf1P9B/iQ=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ci-info ci-py requests ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
 
-  # all 2 of the tests both try to pull down from a url
-  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    ci-info
+    ci-py
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "etelemetry"
@@ -24,7 +41,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Lightweight python client to communicate with the etelemetry server";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mgxd/etelemetry-client";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sensein/etelemetry-client";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sensein/etelemetry-client/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };