diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 865b9969769..168a30406e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11489,14 +11489,21 @@ in modules // {
 
   geventhttpclient = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "geventhttpclient-${version}";
-    version = "1.2.0";
+    version = "1.3.1";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/g/geventhttpclient/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0s1qd1qz0zyzksd5h38ynw06d1012h0k7z8522zhb6mzaq4144yz";
+      sha256 = "bd87af8854f5fb05738916c8973671f7035568aec69b7c842887d6faf9c0a01d";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ gevent certifi backports_ssl_match_hostname_3_4_0_2 ];
+    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ gevent certifi six backports_ssl_match_hostname ];
+
+    # Several tests fail that require network
+    doCheck = false;
+    checkPhase = ''
+      py.test $out
+    '';
 
     meta = {
       homepage = http://github.com/gwik/geventhttpclient;