diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix
index b84535c2112..31dd58cdf6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docutils/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
-, fetchurl
+, fetchPypi
 , buildPythonPackage
 , isPy3k
+, isPy38
 , python
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "docutils";
-  version = "0.14";
+  version = "0.15.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/docutils/${pname}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0x22fs3pdmr42kvz6c654756wja305qv6cx1zbhwlagvxgr4xrji";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "168s5v7bff5ar9jspr6wn823q1sbn0jhnbp9clk41nl8j09fmbm2";
   };
 
   # Only Darwin needs LANG, but we could set it in general.
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  # Four tests are broken with 3.8.
+  # test_writers.test_odt.DocutilsOdtTestCase
+  doCheck = !isPy38;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Docutils -- Python Documentation Utilities";
     homepage = http://docutils.sourceforge.net/;