diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/param/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/param/default.nix
index 3a812f17fe3..23c9bc9c393 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/param/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/param/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, flake8
-, nose
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "param";
   version = "1.12.0";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-NdAoHI47623UafRv8LkXdSpUvtlNGwxWc0bHbQ/1nEo=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "holoviz";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "02zmd4bwyn8b4q1l9jgddc70ii1i7bmynacanl1cvbr6la4v9b2c";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ flake8 nose ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  # tests not included with pypi release
-  doCheck = false;
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Version is not set properly
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace 'version=get_setup_version("param"),' 'version="${version}",'
+  '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "param"