diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 27d41c059ad..9f817f22637 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17113,12 +17113,14 @@ in {
   };
 
   pyjwt = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.4.2";
+    version = "1.5.3";
     name = "pyjwt-${version}";
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://github.com/progrium/pyjwt/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "06vg84aicwkv0kli8i4jhg0kc6298cmh38ib058q01yxzk6q17gn";
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "progrium";
+      repo = "pyjwt";
+      rev = version;
+      sha256 = "109zb3ka2lvp00r9nawa0lmljfikvhcj5yny19kcipz8mqia1gs8";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ pytestrunner pytestcov pytest coverage ];