diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gevent/template b/srcpkgs/python-gevent/template
index bbe63e9045..5578346eac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-gevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-gevent/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python-gevent'
 pkgname=python-gevent
-version=1.2.1
+version=1.2.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc="gevent-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-Cython python3-Cython"
 makedepends="python-devel python3-devel libev-devel c-ares-devel"
 depends="python-greenlet"
 pycompile_module="gevent"
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ short_desc="Coroutine-based Python2 networking library"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gevent.org/"
 license="MIT"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/g/gevent/gevent-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3de300d0e32c31311e426e4d5d73b36777ed99c2bac3f8fbad939eeb2c29fa7c
+distfiles="https://github.com/gevent/gevent/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c59072a2bac1829c6e0f19814b4b9fe726f9162a1762831a0c316ae27fa69eb2
 
 export LIBEV_EMBED=0
 export CARES_EMBED=0