diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 9c9bf40b8e8..31cd0bac421 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , pythonPackages, perlPackages
 }:
 
-let version = "1.2.12"; in
+let version = "1.2.17"; in
 
 assert version == pythonPackages.libvirt.version;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0sp6xm6iyg5wfjgxiba4rpl527429r22lh241dzxjq25fxzj5xgg";
+    sha256 = "1b9gs3fj6bv9ig3kqmip2ivvsprymi6sslrvp82sw3srn0hayzp0";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 04321c9cca9..ac8a5aa8f92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15352,11 +15352,11 @@ let
 
   libvirt = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "libvirt-python-${version}";
-    version = "1.2.12";
+    version = "1.2.17";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/python/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "17w4mpsp4pxhbzs128ig3gxp12rr0j41mxch8i11dqjrjy7l6bs3";
+      sha256 = "1v9nkfik75bmcrdqzc8al8qf0dsaw56fzfv2kr8s4058290dplzl";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ python pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.libvirt lxml ];