diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
index 334e7f6ce1d..e03403284f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, pythonPackages }:
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "awscli-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.10";
+  version = "1.7.0";
   namePrefix = "";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
+  src = fetchzip {
     url = "https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1g25yqxpcjrwjiibwgjrlqdyx6hpdlcb6zr2s05w592gr9gpbwpm";
+    sha256 = "14cbfvwx18vs2l8hhvamy1mbvjwa3xrm58l8yyalhrh5pqq952mi";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [