diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8edba3627e4..7786a2443e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -25766,12 +25766,14 @@ in modules // {
   };
 
   neovim = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.0.38";
+    version = "0.1.7";
     name = "neovim-${version}";
 
+    disabled = isPy35;
+
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/n/neovim/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "93f475d5583a053af919ba0729b32b3fefef1dbde4717b5657d806bdc69b76b3";
+      sha256 = "0il6h9qpy9rkgz16yn2bhhg5f23w41wvm9ivlscx5l55llq9sd9q";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ msgpack ]