diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypandoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypandoc/default.nix
index 6ec2c4a47ae6..b4788999a353 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypandoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypandoc/default.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pypandoc";
-  version = "unstable-2018-06-18";
+  version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bebraw";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "87912f0f17e0a71c1160008df708c876d32e5819";
-    sha256 = "0l6knkxxhmni4lx8hyvbb71svnhza08ivyklqlk5fw637gznc0hx";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1lpslfns6zxx7b0xr13bzg921lwrj5am8za0b2dviywk6iiib0ld";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     # set pandoc path statically
     sed -i '/^__pandoc_path = None$/c__pandoc_path = "${pandoc}/bin/pandoc"' pypandoc/__init__.py
 
-    # Fix tests: requires network access
-    substituteInPlace tests.py --replace "pypandoc.convert(url, 'html')" "'GPL2 license'"
+    # Skip test that requires network access
+    sed -i '/test_basic_conversion_from_http_url/i\\    @unittest.skip\("no network access during checkPhase"\)' tests.py
   '';
 
   preCheck = ''