diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix
index 37055259e7c..572c31dd1e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, zlib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname    = "nifticlib";
-  pversion = "2.0.0";
-  name  = "${pname}-${pversion}";
+  pname = "nifticlib";
+  version = "3.0.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "mirror://sourceforge/project/niftilib/${pname}/${pname}_2_0_0/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "123z9bwzgin5y8gi5ni8j217k7n683whjsvg0lrpii9flgk8isd3";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "NIFTI-Imaging";
+    repo = "nifti_clib";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0hamm6nvbjdjjd5md4jahzvn5559frigxaiybnjkh59ckxwb1hy4";
   };
 
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DDOWNLOAD_TEST_DATA=OFF" ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # fails 7 out of 293 tests
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    ctest -LE 'NEEDS_DATA'
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/niftilib";
+    homepage = "https://nifti-imaging.github.io";
     description = "Medical imaging format C API";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;