diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ddf5afaf5e5..c74885d6012 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -24456,16 +24456,16 @@ in {
   sphinx = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
     pname = "Sphinx";
-    version = "1.5.1";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8e6a77a20b2df950de322fc32f3b508697d9d654fe984e3cc88f446a5b4c17c5";
+    version = "1.5.2";
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "049c48393909e4704a6ed4de76fd39c8622e165414660bfb767e981e7931c722";
     };
     LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose simplejson mock pkgs.glibcLocales html5lib ] ++ optional (pythonOlder "3.4") self.enum34;
+    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest simplejson mock pkgs.glibcLocales html5lib ] ++ optional (pythonOlder "3.4") self.enum34;
     # Disable two tests that require network access.
     checkPhase = ''
-      NOSE_EXCLUDE=test_defaults,test_anchors_ignored make test
+      cd tests; ${python.interpreter} run.py --ignore py35 -k 'not test_defaults and not test_anchors_ignored'
     '';
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
       docutils