diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
index 2b55d975ed3d..07cbffad1f89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "0.7.1";
   pname = "python-rapidjson";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "d9c1411b25600ea65bb534ad75bf4ab6efd9627abd86872f0e5453ff42220d06";
+    sha256 = "3ea01520ebe28d270c79120a836d251fbb2187227695461a310fe0293f348b2d";
   };
 
   LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";