diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
index 8ec05aae9d5..71381e5cf24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rq";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.7.0";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rq";
     repo = "rq";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0ikqmpq0g1qiqwd7ar1286l4hqjb6aj2wr844gihhb8ijzwhp8va";
+    sha256 = "1i7cbcrzqx52immwy8h5ps7x46sqfk9r2lgwjf01nv9mkc3ab8cj";
   };
 
   # test require a running redis rerver, which is something we can't do yet