diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/semantic-version/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/semantic-version/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9e04691c1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/semantic-version/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "semantic_version";
+  version = "2.6.0";
+  name = "${pname}${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1h2l9xyg1zzsda6kjcmfcgycbvrafwci283vcr1v5sbk01l2hhra";
+  };
+
+  # ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tests'
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A library implementing the 'SemVer' scheme";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus makefu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6a5ba943b9b4..f7998e69f865 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20341,22 +20341,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  semantic-version = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "semantic_version";
-    version = "2.4.2";
-    name = "${pname}${version}";
-
-    src = self.fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "7e8b7fa74a3bc9b6e90b15b83b9bc2377c78eaeae3447516425f475d5d6932d2";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A library implementing the 'SemVer' scheme";
-      license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus ];
-    };
-  };
+  semantic-version = callPackage ../development/python-modules/semantic-version { };
 
   sexpdata = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "sexpdata-0.0.2";