diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-memcached/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-memcached/default.nix
index e82b6b51643a..4ca7cbbadd25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-memcached/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-memcached/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , setuptools
+, memcached
 , mock
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-memcached";
-  version = "1.61";
+  version = "1.62";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "linsomniac";
     repo = "python-memcached";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-7bUCVAmOJ6znVmTZg9AJokOuym07NHL12gZgQ2uhfNo=";
+    hash = "sha256-Qko4Qr9WofeklU0uRRrSPrT8YaBYMCy0GP+TF7YZHLI=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -23,12 +24,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    memcached
     mock
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  # all tests fail
-  doCheck = false;
+  preCheck = ''
+    memcached &
+  '';
+
+  postCheck = ''
+    kill %%
+  '';
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "memcache" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cca1a5a5adb9..378daa302667 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9607,7 +9607,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   python-mbedtls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-mbedtls { };
 
-  python-memcached = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-memcached { };
+  python-memcached = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-memcached {
+    inherit (pkgs) memcached;
+  };
 
   python-otbr-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-otbr-api { };