diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix
index cbcce0a60d9c..fb1c6ef011f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "backrefs";
-  version = "6.0.1";
+  version = "6.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "facelessuser";
     repo = "backrefs";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-7kB8z8pNU6eLuz4eSYXkSDL5npowlYsm0hjjh8zcAK0=";
+    hash = "sha256-MeQsEKHIB7WnITMUtRP4vLLr2DjvrorKHKWxgd07qko=";
   };
 
   build-system = [