diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bf24ce3618c4..671e7e798a2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9710,12 +9710,12 @@ in {
 
   django_1_8 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "Django-${version}";
-    version = "1.8.15";
+    version = "1.8.16";
     disabled = pythonOlder "2.7";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://www.djangoproject.com/m/releases/1.8/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1kga849ixd6sz6svhv8dysyjr03wphqgl4wjw2yczmc5r4x58gl6";
+      sha256 = "1pc1j3q64v65c573xwx64apjnf2v19nzxsidjiyp02c6l8bsyji2";
     };
 
     # too complicated to setup