diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix
index 4a13af31216a..2c85c15ebdd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, isPy27
+, pythonOlder
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , flit
 , pytestCheckHook
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "threadpoolctl";
-  version = "2.2.0";
+  version = "3.0.0";
 
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
   format = "flit";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "joblib";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "7UUjbX1IpXtUAgN48Db43Zr1u360UETSUnIHD6rQRLs=";
+    sha256 = "02zccsiq4gvawy7q2fh3m3hvr40hl2ylmwwny6dv0lqsr2iwgnmn";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook numpy scipy ];