diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix
index 1da503417503..6b6be639851f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "llvmlite";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
-  version = "0.15.0";
+  version = "0.16.0";
 
   disabled = isPyPy;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "c855835537eda61f3a0d19aedc44f006d5084a2d322aee8ffa87aa06bb800dc4";
+    sha256 = "ef3bae32482f91742d91571b5225a6943804291eb9405b98090a7b50942ec5e9";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ llvm ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.4") enum34;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 37eeec021417..2294ea8b62a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13966,7 +13966,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  llvmlite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/llvmlite {llvm=pkgs.llvm_38;};
+  llvmlite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/llvmlite {llvm=pkgs.llvm_39;};
 
   lockfile = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "lockfile";