diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix
index 584b7b126055..9de6dfbdefff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
-, pybluez }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pybluez
+}:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "bt-proximity";
-  version = "0.2";
+  version = "0.2.1";
 
-  # pypi only has a pre-compiled wheel and no sources
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "FrederikBolding";
-    repo   = "bluetooth-proximity";
-    rev    = "463bade8a9080b47f09bf4a47830b31c69c5dffd";
-    sha256 = "0anfh90cj3c2g7zqrjvq0d6dzpb4hjl6gk8zw0r349j2zw9i4h7y";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "bt_proximity";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "0xlif91vblbz065531yjf8nmlcahrl4q5pz52bc1jmzz7iv9hpgq";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pybluez ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pybluez
+  ];
 
   # there are no tests
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 301dcafeb294..017d27a8a208 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ mapAliases ({
   topydo = throw "python3Packages.topydo was moved to topydo"; # 2017-09-22
   tvnamer = throw "python3Packages.tvnamer was moved to tvnamer"; # 2021-07-05
   websocket_client = websocket-client;
+  bt_proximity = bt-proximity; # added 2021-07-02
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a15a1450c78d..9416f63564a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ in {
 
   btchip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btchip { };
 
-  bt_proximity = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bt-proximity { };
+  bt-proximity = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bt-proximity { };
 
   BTrees = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btrees { };