diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c57d7f3ba8c6..1d18798f4bda 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1766,11 +1766,11 @@ let
   };
 
   coverage = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "coverage-3.6";
+    name = "coverage-3.7";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/coverage/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "67d4e393f4c6a5ffc18605409d2aa1ac";
+      md5 = "c47b36ceb17eaff3ecfab3bcd347d0df";
     };
 
     meta = {