diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 882ddad6815..f7f69d5c654 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1294,11 +1294,11 @@ let
 
   boto = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "boto-${version}";
-    version = "2.36.0";
+    version = "2.38.0";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://github.com/boto/boto/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1zrlmri89q2090yh9ylx798q4yk54y39v7w7xj101fnwc1r6jlqr";
+      sha256 = "0l7m3lmxmnknnz9svzc7z26rklwckzwqgz6hgackl62gkndryrgj";
     };
 
     checkPhase = ''