diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-sanic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-sanic/default.nix
index 0044a13d2c9..e2353c4840b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-sanic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-sanic/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,41 @@
 { lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pytest
-, aiohttp
 , async_generator
+, buildPythonPackage
+, doCheck ? true
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, httpx
+, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
+, sanic
+, websockets
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-sanic";
-  version = "1.6.2";
+  version = "1.7.0";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "6428ed8cc2e6cfa05b92689a8589149aacdc1f0640fcf9673211aa733e6a5209";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "yunstanford";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1zpgnw1lqbll59chv4hgcn31mdql1nv4gw9crbihky3ly3d3ncqi";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pytest
-    aiohttp
     async_generator
+    httpx
+    pytest
+    websockets
   ];
 
-  # circular dependency on sanic
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [
+    sanic
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  inherit doCheck;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pytest_sanic" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A pytest plugin for Sanic";