diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/termdown/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/termdown/default.nix
index 5ccdbbbb6b4..ad6f9e9382b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/termdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/termdown/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonApplication,
-click, pyfiglet, dateutil}:
-
-with stdenv.lib;
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonApplication
+, click
+, pyfiglet
+, dateutil
+, setuptools
+}:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
-
   pname = "termdown";
-  version = "1.16.0";
+  version = "1.17.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "0k429ss1xifm9vbgyzpp71r79byn9jclvr0rm77bai2r8nz3s2vf";
-    repo   = "termdown";
-    owner  = "trehn";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1sd9z5n2a4ir35832wgxs68vwav7wxhq39b5h8pq934mp8sl3v2k";
+    repo = "termdown";
+    owner = "trehn";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil click pyfiglet ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil click pyfiglet setuptools ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description     = "Starts a countdown to or from TIMESPEC";
+    description = "Starts a countdown to or from TIMESPEC";
     longDescription = "Countdown timer and stopwatch in your terminal";
-    homepage        = "https://github.com/trehn/termdown";
-    license         = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms       = platforms.all;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/trehn/termdown";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b7dda53484e..1760a1d9ada 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22135,7 +22135,7 @@ in
 
   tendermint = callPackage ../tools/networking/tendermint { };
 
-  termdown = (newScope pythonPackages) ../applications/misc/termdown { };
+  termdown = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/misc/termdown { };
 
   terminal-notifier = callPackage ../applications/misc/terminal-notifier {};