diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django_redis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django_redis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42f2cde81130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django_redis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage,
+  mock, django, redis, msgpack }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "django-redis";
+  version = "4.5.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "170dbk1wmdg0mxp5m3376zz54dyxmhmhnswrccf0jnny1wqcgpsp";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    redis
+    msgpack
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Full featured redis cache backend for Django";
+    homepage = https://github.com/niwibe/django-redis;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 82ff3b64cd64..95749833e853 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8398,31 +8398,7 @@ in {
 
   django-raster = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-raster { };
 
-  django_redis = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "django-redis-${version}";
-    version = "4.2.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/django-redis/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "9ad6b299458f7e6bfaefa8905f52560017369d82fb8fb0ed4b41adc048dbf11c";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    buildInputs = [ self.mock ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      django
-      redis
-      msgpack
-    ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Full featured redis cache backend for Django";
-      homepage = https://github.com/niwibe/django-redis;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  django_redis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_redis { };
 
   django_reversion = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "django-reversion-${version}";