diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels/default.nix
index 4dfe83f6758b..e5c92ffcde26 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl,
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi,
   asgiref, django, daphne
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "channels";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  version = "1.1.6";
+  version = "1.1.8";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://pypi/c/channels/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "44ab9a1f610ecc9ac25d5f90e7a44f49b18de28a05a26fe34e935af257f1eefe";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0gsy3hwn1vd709jkw8ay44qrm6aw7qggr312z8xwzq0x4ihjda02";
   };
 
   # Files are missing in the distribution