diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix
index fc6d67fec97..3ab8a8923dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, six
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, bidict
 , python-engineio
 , mock
 }:
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-socketio";
   version = "5.0.4";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0gl9ja1lcppj83bj9452cx6x7das37k4lbq6j82afxczppax0gzm";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "miguelgrinberg";
+    repo = "python-socketio";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0mpqr53mrdzk9ki24y1inpsfvjlvm7pvxf8q4d52m80i5pcd5v5q";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    six
+    bidict
     python-engineio
   ];