diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix
index f24f10675f8..99de3ff3591 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 let
   pname = "websockets";
-  version = "4.0.1";
+  version = "5.0.1";
 in buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "da4d4fbe059b0453e726d6d993760065d69b823a27efc3040402a6fcfe6a1ed9";
+    sha256 = "a49d315db5a7a19d55422e1678e8a1c3b9661d7296bef3179fa620cf80b12674";
   };
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";