diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix
index 6ba7f9f8d024..c26347c52437 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, python, db4}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "bsddb3-4.5.0";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bsddb3-6.0.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/pybsddb/bsddb3-4.5.0.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1h09kij32iikr9racp5p7qrb4li2gf2hs0lyq6d312qarja4d45v";
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/bsddb3/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "2b22ab1b4d896961c30e4106660e9139";
   };
   buildInputs = [python];
   buildPhase = "true";