diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f64e56982a36..41681ea44336 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18647,11 +18647,12 @@ in {
   pystringtemplate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stringtemplate { };
 
   pillow = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Pillow-3.3.1";
+    name = "Pillow-${version}";
+    version = "3.4.2";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/P/Pillow/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "3491ca65d9fdba4db094ab3f8e17170425e7dd670e507921a665a1975d1b3df1";
+      sha256 = "0ee9975c05602e755ff5000232e0335ba30d507f6261922a658ee11b1cec36d1";
     };
 
     # Check is disabled because of assertion errors, see
@@ -18686,18 +18687,14 @@ in {
 
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://python-pillow.github.io/";
-
       description = "Fork of The Python Imaging Library (PIL)";
-
       longDescription = ''
         The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds image processing
         capabilities to your Python interpreter.  This library
         supports many file formats, and provides powerful image
         processing and graphics capabilities.
       '';
-
       license = "http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/license.htm";
-
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu prikhi ];
     };
   };