diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 039779361210..ffb1aefdd336 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -28779,13 +28779,13 @@ EOF
   };
 
   libvirt = let
-    version = "2.5.0";
+    version = "3.0.0";
   in assert version == pkgs.libvirt.version; pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "libvirt-python-${version}";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/python/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1lanyrk4invs5j4jrd7yvy7g8kilihjbcrgs5arx8k3bs9x7izgl";
+      sha256 = "1ha4bqf029si1lla1z7ca786w571fh3wfs4h7zaglfk4gb2w39wl";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ python pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.libvirt lxml ];