diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
index d245d472a00..2b55d975ed3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.6.3";
+  version = "0.7.0";
   pname = "python-rapidjson";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0a7729c711d9be2b6c0638ce4851d398e181f2329814668aa7fda6421a5da085";
+    sha256 = "d9c1411b25600ea65bb534ad75bf4ab6efd9627abd86872f0e5453ff42220d06";
   };
 
   LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";