diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix
index c0f6fe92050..130b6a49bda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27, setuptools_scm, nose, six, importlib-metadata, toml }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, setuptools_scm
+, toml
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "inflect";
-  version = "5.0.2";
+  version = "5.2.0";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "d284c905414fe37c050734c8600fe170adfb98ba40f72fc66fed393f5b8d5ea0";
+    sha256 = "30e9d9d372e693739beaae1345dc53c48871ca70c5c7060edd3e7e77802bf945";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm toml ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six importlib-metadata ];
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "inflect" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Correctly generate plurals, singular nouns, ordinals, indefinite articles";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/inflect";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jaraco/inflect/blob/v${version}/CHANGES.rst";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
 }