diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix
index 8729de427d96..0b1601c9dc37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ijson";
-  version = "2.5.1";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "19ec46a2f7991004e5202ecee56c569616b8a7f95686ad7fd0a9ec81cac00269";
+    sha256 = "1l034zq23315icym2n0zppa5lwpdll3mvavmyjbiryxb4c5wdsvm";
   };
 
   doCheck = false; # something about yajl