diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 63fca5c48dac..c553b0ecd39a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8280,7 +8280,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   llvmlite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/llvmlite {
     # llvmlite always requires a specific version of llvm.
-    llvm = pkgs.llvm_15;
+    llvm = pkgs.llvm_16;
   };
 
   lm-eval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lm-eval { };