diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
index 953a5895034..1c85fbd29af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, six, mock }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "1.4.7";
+  version = "2.0.1";
   pname = "kafka-python";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "2f29baad4b3efe05a2bb81ac268855aa01cbc68397f15bac77b494ffd7e2cada";
+    sha256 = "1y7ny81rihnhc8lj921d76ir4kf4aj5iy35szgim8zccxhnx96p5";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest six mock ];