diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolors/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolors/default.nix
index 9192186cd717..a737cb06ea22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolors/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansicolors/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ansicolors";
-  version = "1.0.2";
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "02lmh2fbqcwr98cq13l9ql0fvyad1dcb3ap3c5xq9qwjp45m6r3n";
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "99f94f5e3348a0bcd43c82e5fc4414013ccc19d70bd939ad71e0133ce9c372e0";
   };
 
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/verigak/colors/;
     description = "ANSI colors for Python";