diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
index b0d06b014c7..66ca024b2bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy27, click, redis }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, isPy27, click, redis }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rq";
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.5.1";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "370fc800903c226b898a10174e069a23077b74b22297b4b20e925ca82fcd9471";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rq";
+    repo = "rq";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0i7yyw828wdvl7ap4gb7jhm4p94502is3xxrgrdgwwp0l1rac004";
   };
 
   # test require a running redis rerver, which is something we can't do yet