diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 12b4459cbca..1d585ce17fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 # if you update, also bump pythonPackages.libvirt or it will break
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libvirt-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1jwszhpjn09zkqji8w1x97rw0wqcl71ll2y6vp056fb1bvshms8h";
+    sha256 = "0sriasjc573c519yqw1hcfb3qqjcsm9hm8vayw0anwkl6di9ay8s";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./build-on-bsd.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6f94a8fa40b..08271940c5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26532,13 +26532,13 @@ in modules // {
   };
 
   libvirt = let
-    version = "2.0.0";
+    version = "2.1.0";
   in assert version == pkgs.libvirt.version; pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "libvirt-python-${version}";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/python/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0h0x5lpsx97bvw20pzfcsdmmivximddq4qmn8fk0n55dqv0wn5kq";
+      sha256 = "1jxsxnhy303l3wpxzkyip39yq65zwc0pxni6ww0jgnv0pshpz23l";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ python pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.libvirt lxml ];