diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ab374426d7..0b776ed5996 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21788,14 +21788,20 @@ in modules // {
 
   setuptools_scm = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "setuptools_scm-${version}";
-    version = "1.10.1";
+    version = "1.11.1";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/setuptools_scm/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "1cdea91bbe1ec4d52b3e9c451ab32ae6e1f3aa3fd91e90580490a9eb75bea286";
+      url = "mirror://pypi/s/setuptools_scm/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "8c45f738a23410c5276b0ed9294af607f491e4260589f1eb90df8312e23819bf";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pip ];
+    buildInputs = with self; [ pip pytest ];
+    # Seems to fail due to chroot
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    checkPhase = ''
+      py.test
+    '';
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage = https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools_scm/;