diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dugong/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dugong/default.nix
index 09a0f25e18fd..5130ea3b0043 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dugong/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dugong/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dugong";
-  version = "3.7.5";
+  version = "3.8.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.3"; # Library does not support versions older than 3.3
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "python-dugong";
+    repo = "python-dugong";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "1063c1779idc5nrjzfv5w1xqvyy3crapb2a2xll9y6xphxclnkjc";
+  };
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    extension = "tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "10vjdp21m0gzm096lgl84z184s5l9iz69ppj6acgsc125037dl6h";
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "dugong" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "HTTP 1.1 client designed for REST-ful APIs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/python-dugong/python-dugong/";
+    license = with licenses; [ psfl asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }