diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index 169246094f7..b24cb59e4a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.9.2
+version=2.10.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ short_desc="Python2 HTTP library for human beings"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://python-requests.org/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d8be941a08cf36e4f424ac76073eb911e5e646a33fcb3402e1642c426bf34682
+# distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=53547040c63eb514638203c8211de6eb9b7db370535db4a5dc3801692c2c3f8b
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts