diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad401d80190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "update_checker";
+  version = "0.16";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1f38l40d32dm0avcidf3dmikma8z0la84yngj88v4xygzi399qvh";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  # requires network
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A python module that will check for package updates";
+    homepage = https://github.com/bboe/update_checker;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2cfe3f6087f..8f39040f4bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20556,24 +20556,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  update_checker = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "update_checker-0.11";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/u/update_checker/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "681bc7c26cffd1564eb6f0f3170d975a31c2a9f2224a32f80fe954232b86f173";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A python module that will check for package updates";
-      homepage = https://github.com/bboe/update_checker;
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-    };
-  };
+  update_checker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/update_checker {};
 
   uritemplate = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "uritemplate-${version}";