diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4259e7d4931..3a9317ee5ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1092,15 +1092,19 @@ let
 
   boto = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "boto-${version}";
-    version = "2.34.0";
+    version = "2.36.0";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://github.com/boto/boto/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "08zavyn02qng9y0251a9mrlkb3aw33m7gx5kc97hwngl3xk3s777";
+      sha256 = "1zrlmri89q2090yh9ylx798q4yk54y39v7w7xj101fnwc1r6jlqr";
     };
 
-    # The tests seem to require AWS credentials.
-    doCheck = false;
+    checkPhase = ''
+      ${python.interpreter} tests/test.py default
+    '';
+
+    buildInputs = [ self.nose self.mock ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ self.requests self.httpretty ];
 
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/boto/boto;