diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix
index fc4ba20245fc..637bbb652869 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/5.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch2
 , pythonAtLeast
 , pythonOlder
@@ -44,15 +44,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django";
-  version = "5.0.4";
+  version = "5.0.5";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.10";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = "Django";
-    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-S9AajIMLt3qKOw59iyW4h+U2rReoG6Lc5UdhNcczEr0=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "django";
+    repo = "django";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-0/AbPmTl38E9BpHVKs0r79fISjEa1d4XO/se1pA7zxg=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -65,13 +66,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     # disable test that excpects timezone issues
     ./django_5_disable_failing_tests.patch
 
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      # https://github.com/django/django/pull/17979
-      name = "django-mime-utf8-surrogates.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/django/django/commit/b231bcd19e57267ce1fc21d42d46f0b65fdcfcf8.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-HhmRwi24VkoPoh+NygAThCoMywoMwrLijU4ZsDfVU34=";
-    })
-
   ] ++ lib.optionals withGdal [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./django_5_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch;