diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix
index 8ad1e6f7dfa8..48d92d43ec6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "recommonmark";
-  version = "0.6.0";
+  version = "0.7.1";
 
-  # PyPI tarball is missing some test files: https://github.com/rtfd/recommonmark/pull/128
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rtfd";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0m6qk17irka448vcz5b39yck1qsq90k98dmkx80mni0w00yq9ggd";
+    sha256 = "0kwm4smxbgq0c0ybkxfvlgrfb3gq9amdw94141jyykk9mmz38379";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];