diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rencode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rencode/default.nix
index a742c422ee90..de09816da936 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rencode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rencode/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchgit
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , cython
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rencode";
-  version = "git20150810";
+  version = "1.0.3";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/aresch/rencode";
-    rev = "b45e04abdca0dea36e383a8199783269f186c99e";
-    sha256 = "b4bd82852d4220e8a9493d3cfaecbc57b1325708a2d48c0f8acf262edb10dc40";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aresch";
+    repo = "rencode";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tL2ChS1CIOipST08+uy8V7EyVwii1IwPis8mLtsQ3EA=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cython ];