diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template b/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template
index 716ff975549..33d68edf28e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pytz/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pytz'
 pkgname=python-pytz
-version=2017.3
+version=2018.3
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pytz-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="unzip python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python tzdata"
 pycompile_module="pytz"
 short_desc="Python2 timezone library"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://pythonhosted.org/pytz/"
 license="MIT"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pytz/pytz-${version}.zip"
-checksum=fae4cffc040921b8a2d60c6cf0b5d662c1190fe54d718271db4eb17d44a185b7
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pytz/pytz-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=410bcd1d6409026fbaa65d9ed33bf6dd8b1e94a499e32168acfc7b332e4095c0
 
 post_install() {
 	# use system tz database