diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
index 43f2e11ef3df..da2f4525e3d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libarchive-c";
-  version = "5.0";
+  version = "5.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Changaco";
     repo = "python-${pname}";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8e3Tnek5q5NJneSVIrbFNTQPjHZ7Ieb14uiKjQwufTE=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-CO9llPIbVTuE74AeohrMAu5ICkuT/MorRlYEEFne6Uk=";
   };
 
   LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";