diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix
index eaab0031205..ccada6dd140 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname =  "boto3";
-  version = "1.4.8";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "boto";
     repo  = "boto3";
     rev   = version;
-    sha256 = "11ysd7a9l5y98q7b7az56phsj2m7w90abf4jabwrknp2c43sq9bi";
+    sha256 = "14d60wc5kff2gjkrm0yfz0179s0qg3f1qqldv8hnf37ny6yvfwn3";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ botocore jmespath s3transfer ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ futures ];