diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4/default.nix
index 1b9ba31f035..c8e8c100616 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "beautifulsoup4";
-  version = "4.7.1";
+  version = "4.8.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "945065979fb8529dd2f37dbb58f00b661bdbcbebf954f93b32fdf5263ef35348";
+    sha256 = "6135db2ba678168c07950f9a16c4031822c6f4aec75a65e0a97bc5ca09789931";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];