diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
index 24001f176ae..d89f17a8923 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rq";
-  version = "1.10.1";
+  version = "1.11";
   disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rq";
     repo = "rq";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1f4fi1rvn97d2b524q45k6s10b007pr23k0mf44q7hy8q4vnjmh5";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fv+b5WmODaQkd8T+O8MuJ+XVC3dQ5hZwxMHtBBuqQ7Y=";
   };
 
   # test require a running redis rerver, which is something we can't do yet