diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scons/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scons/package.py
index 5bf35c071c5..6b65528f3c8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scons/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scons/package.py
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
 
 class Scons(PythonPackage):
     """SCons is a software construction tool"""
-    homepage = "http://scons.org"
-    url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scons/scons/2.5.0/scons-2.5.0.tar.gz"
 
-    version('2.5.0', '9e00fa0df8f5ca5c5f5975b40e0ed354')
+    homepage = "http://scons.org"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/scons/scons-2.5.1.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.5.1', '3eac81e5e8206304a9b4683c57665aa4')
+    version('2.5.0', 'bda5530a70a41a7831d83c8b191c021e')
+
+    # Python 3 is not supported
+    depends_on('python@:2.8', type=('build', 'run'))