diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix
index 41e5e3d93be6..3f08ca8f7c22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hy/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,21 @@
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "hy-${version}";
-  version = "0.13.1";
+  version = "0.14.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://pypi/h/hy/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fjip998k336r26i1gpri18syvfjg7z46wng1n58dmc238wm53sx";
+    sha256 = "0cbdh1q0zm00p4h7i44kir4qhw0p6sid78xf6llrx2p21llsnv98";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ appdirs clint astor rply ];
 
+  # The build generates a .json parser file in the home directory under .cache.
+  # This is needed to get it to not try and open files in /homeless-shelter
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export HOME=$TMP
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "A LISP dialect embedded in Python";
     homepage = http://hylang.org/;