diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-compress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-compress/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c46fce2fe75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask-compress/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, flask }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+  pname = "Flask-Compress";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1cxdbdiyxkspg7vkchfmaqr7c6q79gwvakna3fjcc6nivps971j6";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ flask ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Compress responses in your Flask app with gzip";
+    homepage = "https://libwilliam.github.io/flask-compress/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aa3d8d438a3..a12a95b5132 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9635,23 +9635,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  flask-compress = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Flask-Compress-${version}";
-    version = "1.3.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/F/Flask-Compress/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "4fbb53e7f6ce8b1458a2c3d7a528564912f2641ab2f9f43819fc96ed7f770734";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ flask ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Compress responses in your Flask app with gzip";
-      homepage = "https://libwilliam.github.io/flask-compress/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  flask-compress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flask-compress { };
 
   flask-cors = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "Flask-Cors-${version}";