diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix
index 08c3f6e52ca..29c7ab69793 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svgwrite/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k
+, pythonOlder
 , pyparsing
 , pytest
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "svgwrite";
-  version = "1.3.1";
+  version = "1.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mozman";
     repo = "svgwrite";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "14wz0y118a5wwfzin6cirr9254p4y825lnrnackihdbpw22gcw11";
+    sha256 = "15xjz5b4dw1sg3a5k4wmzky4h5v1n937id8vl6hha1a2xj42z2s5";
   };
 
+  # svgwrite requires Python 3.6 or newer
+  disabled = !isPy3k || pythonOlder "3.6";
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pyparsing
   ];