diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab94d7b40acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, nose, numpy
+, bottle, pyyaml, redis, six
+, zlib }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "Jug";
+  version = "1.6.3";
+  buildInputs = [ nose numpy ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    bottle
+    pyyaml
+    redis
+    six
+
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0dpcwjaf8zzqpdz8w8h0p7vmd6z6bzfz2805a6bdjqs9hhkhrg86";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Task-Based Parallelization Framework";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    url = https://jug.readthedocs.io/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ luispedro ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cbd573c2f680..0777e894e716 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6110,31 +6110,7 @@ in {
 
   jsbeautifier = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsbeautifier {};
 
-  jug = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.6.1";
-    name = "jug-${version}";
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose numpy ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      bottle
-      pyyaml
-      redis
-      six
-
-      pkgs.zlib
-    ];
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/J/Jug/Jug-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "15lv998mz6kpp65kh8wsfnrl5ay02bk1lm07nbbdv2k455bhrn1i";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Task-Based Parallelization Framework";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      url = https://jug.readthedocs.io/;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ luispedro ];
-    };
-  };
+  jug = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jug {};
 
   jsmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsmin { };