diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix
index 8729de427d9..9374d8939c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ijson/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ijson";
-  version = "2.5.1";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "19ec46a2f7991004e5202ecee56c569616b8a7f95686ad7fd0a9ec81cac00269";
+    sha256 = "1l034zq23315icym2n0zppa5lwpdll3mvavmyjbiryxb4c5wdsvm";
   };
 
   doCheck = false; # something about yajl
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Iterative JSON parser with a standard Python iterator interface";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/isagalaev/ijson";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ICRAR/ijson";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rvl ];
   };