diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/awkward1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/awkward1/default.nix
index a35a97c5e02..5c57efca3bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/awkward1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/awkward1/default.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "awkward1";
-  version = "0.1.38";
+  version = "0.2.12";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1c87defa8c1661ffe36f8a785fa9a60ae3b70484984a935e710cd8cb1f763fd7";
+    sha256 = "a87d89c218151d840c032be4cba6801801683ea00e91dc17fd7bc527ad8eb09b";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Development of awkward 1.0, to replace scikit-hep/awkward-array in 2020";
+    description = "Manipulate JSON-like data with NumPy-like idioms";
     homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward-1.0";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];