diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytestdjango.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytestdjango.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a8dd85f4bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytestdjango.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl
+, pytest, django, setuptools_scm
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "pytest-django-${version}";
+  version = "3.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/p/pytest-django/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "02932m2sr8x22m4az8syr8g835g4ak77varrnw71n6xakmdcr303";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest setuptools_scm ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "py.test plugin for testing of Django applications";
+    homepage = http://pytest-django.readthedocs.org/en/latest/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ffb1aefdd33..893cce234c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5077,27 +5077,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pytestdjango = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pytest-django-${version}";
-    version = "2.9.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pytest-django/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1mmc7zsz3dlhs6sx4sppkj1vgshabi362r1a8b8wpj1qfximpqcb";
-    };
-
-    # doing this to allow depending packages to find
-    # pytest's binaries
-    pytest = self.pytest;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django setuptools_scm_18 ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "py.test plugin for testing of Django applications";
-      homepage = http://pytest-django.readthedocs.org/en/latest/;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
+  pytestdjango = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytestdjango.nix {
+    pytest = self.pytest_30;
   };
 
   pytest-fixture-config = buildPythonPackage rec {