diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix
index 068c4d5d2e9..c60d99d5e62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinx-autoapi";
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.7.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "19m9yvlqwaw3b05lbb1vcla38irn4riw2ij0vjmnc2xq4f1qfl2d";
+    sha256 = "48caa054a99c21156e9a1d26559281dc27f86ab8ef8bb6ef160f8cd9f4a0053d";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ astroid jinja2 pyyaml sphinx unidecode ];