diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cf0eea9c2fb9..f3f75ea0f90b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5507,11 +5507,11 @@ rec {
   };
 
   pygments = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Pygments-1.5";
+    name = "Pygments-1.6";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/Pygments/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "ef997066cc9ee7a47d01fb4f3da0b5ff";
+      md5 = "a18feedf6ffd0b0cc8c8b0fbdb2027b1";
     };
 
     meta = {