diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix
index 39950b97f6c7..699d370af757 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-slugify/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, unidecode, regex, isPy3k }:
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, python, text-unidecode }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "python-slugify";
-    version = "2.0.1";
+    version = "3.0.2";
 
     src = fetchPypi {
       inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "d3e034397236020498e677a35e5c05dcc6ba1624b608b9ef7e5fe3090ccbd5a8";
+      sha256 = "57163ffb345c7e26063435a27add1feae67fa821f1ef4b2f292c25847575d758";
     };
-    doCheck = !isPy3k;
-    # (only) on python3 unittest loader (loadTestsFromModule) fails
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ unidecode regex ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ text-unidecode ];
+
+    checkPhase = ''
+      ${python.interpreter} test.py
+    '';
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage = https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify;