diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/syncplay/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/syncplay/default.nix
index 07444fbb9fe..5861513e7bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/syncplay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/syncplay/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python2Packages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python3Packages }:
 
-python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "syncplay-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.5";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/archive/v1.5.5.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0g12hm84c48fjrmwljl0ii62f55vm6fk2mv8vna7fadabmk6dwhr";
+    url = https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/archive/v1.6.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "19x7b694p8b3qp578qk8q4g0pybhfjd4zk8rgrggz40s1yyfnwy5";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [ pyside twisted ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ pyside twisted ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];