diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix
index f335bfa135f..6c72947fff6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packaging/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "packaging";
-  version = "16.8";
+  version = "17.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "5d50835fdf0a7edf0b55e311b7c887786504efea1177abd7e69329a8e5ea619e";
+    sha256 = "f019b770dd64e585a99714f1fd5e01c7a8f11b45635aa953fd41c689a657375b";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing six ];