diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix
index 35d65b5e657..83b69b12fea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/salt/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyyaml
     pyzmq
     requests
-    tornado_4
+    tornado
   ] ++ extraInputs;
 
   patches = [ ./fix-libcrypto-loading.patch ];