diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix
index c6fdc8c9981c..1c3fed6b1aa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boto3/default.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "boto3";
-  version = "1.20.35"; # N.B: if you change this, change botocore and awscli to a matching version
+  version = "1.21.11"; # N.B: if you change this, change botocore and awscli to a matching version
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "42dd9fcb9e033ab19c9dfaeaba745ef9d2db6efe4e9f1e1f547b3e3e0b1f4a82";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8s7PXRdvOYo5v94ACN+DwD8hQrK+XqvjK/EElh32iBA=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ botocore jmespath s3transfer ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ futures ];