diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpickle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpickle/default.nix
index a6ef8e3e1fb..d21864d2682 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpickle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonpickle/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pytest
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jsonpickle";
-  version = "1.1";
+  version = "1.2";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "625098cc8e5854b8c23b587aec33bc8e33e0e597636bfaca76152249c78fe5c1";
+    sha256 = "16xj4r31pnd90slax5mmd5wps5s73wp9mn6sy9nhkl5ih7bj5sfk";
   };
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = "pytest tests/jsonpickle_test.py";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Python library for serializing any arbitrary object graph into JSON";
@@ -20,4 +23,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}