diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix
index 9aa2269c9575..2736eb2ee9a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scandir/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "scandir";
-  version = "1.7";
+  version = "1.10.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 ="0gbnhjzg42rj87ljv9kb648rfxph69ly3c8r9841dxy4d7l5pmdj";
+    sha256 ="1bkqwmf056pkchf05ywbnf659wqlp6lljcdb0y88wr9f0vv32ijd";
   };
 
+  checkPhase = "python test/run_tests.py";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A better directory iterator and faster os.walk()";
     homepage = https://github.com/benhoyt/scandir;