diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix
index 03d6be7c306e..ada0ded7e79a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-benedict/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , ftfy
 , mailchecker
+, orjson
 , phonenumbers
 , pytestCheckHook
 , python-dateutil
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-benedict";
-  version = "0.25.1";
+  version = "0.25.2";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "fabiocaccamo";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-egOrotWgRyB6pdWUIRWogwdoK82g/1JfRDc85W4FrjQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-WSsT+p23VctVt9A+WFKNHcgUHFijfT775eMF3RzaXDA=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     python-slugify
     pyyaml
     ftfy
+    orjson
     requests
     six
     toml