diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4ab8879d1c8..6599218beaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2175,11 +2175,11 @@ in {
   });
 
   beautifulsoup4 = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "beautifulsoup4-4.5.1";
+    name = "beautifulsoup4-4.5.3";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/b/beautifulsoup4/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1qgmhw65ncsgccjhslgkkszif47q6gvxwqv4mim17agxd81p951w";
+      sha256 = "0glaw1vyxnbp03fni7h5496n6iib0n5iim4gax1n0ngscs9s075j";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [ self.nose ];