diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
index 23908a8b66f..4e7e2d402e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ let
 
 in py.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "awscli";
-  version = "1.14.50";
+  version = "1.15.10";
 
   src = py.pkgs.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1yiwj7cl9r1k9226mdq6pcmrs044k7p3d133lzgv9rb1dgp4053c";
+    sha256 = "0nwpanbfx5h0bad8wwvvbhpjf9r6n885bbv2w8mw7vijdgclkq8x";
   };
 
   # No tests included
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ in py.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     less
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    for i in {py,cfg}; do
+      substituteInPlace setup.$i --replace "botocore==1.10.10" "botocore>=1.10.9,<=1.11"
+    done
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/etc/bash_completion.d
     echo "complete -C $out/bin/aws_completer aws" > $out/etc/bash_completion.d/awscli