diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bottleneck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bottleneck/default.nix
index c9ca8f7ec047..c4db013ea34d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bottleneck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bottleneck/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , nose
+, pytest
 , numpy
 , python
 }:
@@ -15,10 +16,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "6efcde5f830aed64feafca0359b51db0e184c72af8ba6675b4a99f263922eb36";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest nose ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
   checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests -v $out/${python.sitePackages}
+    py.test -p no:warnings $out/${python.sitePackages}
   '';
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "__builtins__.__NUMPY_SETUP__ = False" ""