diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
index f21624acf143..641db7008f8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, pytest, setuptools, structlog, pytest-asyncio, flaky, tornado, pycurl }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, pytest, setuptools, structlog, pytest-asyncio, flaky, tornado, pycurl, pytest-httpbin }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nvchecker";
-  version = "1.4.4";
+  version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "6276ed2a897a30ccd71bfd7cf9e6b7842f37f3d5a86d7a70fe46f437c62b1875";
+    sha256 = "0973f7c3ea5ad65fb19837e8915882a9f2c2f21f5c2589005478697391fea2fd";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools structlog tornado pycurl ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytest pytest-asyncio flaky ];
-
-  # requires network access
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytest-asyncio flaky pytest-httpbin ];
 
+  # disable `test_ubuntupkg` because it requires network
   checkPhase = ''
-    py.test
+    py.test -m "not needs_net" --ignore=tests/test_ubuntupkg.py
   '';
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";