diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix
index 6ab463bea1d..cc3abd80d6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/symengine/default.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "symengine";
-  version = "0.5.0";
+  version = "0.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "symengine";
     repo = "symengine";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1zgfhqv43qcfkfdyf1p82bcfv05n6iix6yw6qx1y5bnb7dv74irw";
+    sha256 = "129iv9maabmb42ylfdv0l0g94mcbf3y4q3np175008rcqdr8z6h1";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix
index 9b1117a94a1..f225dd431e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "symengine";
-  version = "0.4.0";
+  version = "0.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "symengine";
     repo = "symengine.py";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "07i9rwxphi4zgwc7y6f6qvq73iym2cx4k1bpd7rmd3wkpgrrfxqx";
+    sha256 = "13fy25qxn4xwzlr2w35v6jhlpd70lv9r6srv4dizc4brj63hnw50";
   };
 
   postConfigure = ''
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace "SET(CYTHON_BIN cython" "SET(CYTHON_BIN ${cython}/bin/cython"
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ cython cmake ];
+  nativeBuildUnputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ cython ];
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest sympy ];
 
@@ -48,6 +50,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/symengine/symengine.py";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
-    broken = true;
   };
 }