diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 930a48a617f..a8eb527a97d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "blender-2.70a";
+  name = "blender-2.71";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.blender.org/source/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1rgkijn1nirj3jwh058zv6piw8q4j5wwjapgbvh2hh6fpbj84bgb";
+    sha256 = "18pzcnrs4rcb6mf6aqr9xj2r05v8aay8daj31395ljfzw667zakx";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       opencolorio openexr openimageio openjpeg python zlib
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional jackaudioSupport jackaudio;
 
+  postUnpack =
+    ''
+      substituteInPlace */doc/manpage/blender.1.py --replace /usr/bin/python ${python}/bin/python3
+    '';
+
   cmakeFlags =
     [ "-DOPENEXR_INC=${openexr}/include/OpenEXR"
       "-DWITH_OPENCOLLADA=OFF"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f303f2004f..d128e171bef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8170,7 +8170,7 @@ let
   };
 
   blender = callPackage  ../applications/misc/blender {
-    python = python3;
+    python = python34;
   };
 
   bristol = callPackage ../applications/audio/bristol { };