diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smart_open/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smart_open/default.nix
index 389feef2b42..99c9c28a16a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smart_open/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smart_open/default.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "smart_open";
-  version = "4.1.0";
+  version = "4.1.2";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "26af5c1a3f2b76aab8c3200310f0fc783790ec5a231ffeec102e620acdd6262e";
+    sha256 = "4bbb6233364fc1173cc0af6b7a56ed76fce32509514f1978a995a5835f3177f1";
   };
 
   # moto>=1.0.0 is backwards-incompatible and some tests fail with it,