diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f40997ecc64..4ebf9507203 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -492,11 +492,11 @@ pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   });
 
   coverage = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "coverage-3.5.3";
+    name = "coverage-3.6";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/coverage/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "5f1f523940c473faa8a9f6ca29f78efc";
+      md5 = "67d4e393f4c6a5ffc18605409d2aa1ac";
     };
 
     meta = {