diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
index 0655d29f6af7..35d11e981e4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
   pname = "python-rapidjson";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "04323e63cf57f7ed927fd9bcb1861ef5ecb0d4d7213f2755969d4a1ac3c2de6f";
+    sha256 = "sha256-GJzxqWv5/NhtADYPFa12qDzgiJuK6NHLD9srKZXlocg=";
   };
 
   LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";