diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/watchdog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/watchdog/default.nix
index 16be1cf5b48c..def2bdf1c880 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/watchdog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/watchdog/default.nix
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "watchdog";
-  version = "4.0.0";
+  version = "4.0.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-4+cGXL2r5hg6uCGZ16T2s7oKQ4xaUSpoVZhGzLdqeOw=";
+    hash = "sha256-7rqs9nT6JVEeiGcCjSgeYC7mUABFtX9DsId4CC9/i0Q=";
   };
 
   # force kqueue on x86_64-darwin, because our api version does