diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
index 53e42027ba22..293ad51e302d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/howdoi/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "howdoi";
-  version = "1.1.14";
+  version = "1.2.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "b85b8e551bf47ff157392660f0fc5b9eb3eacb78516a5823f7b774ec61955db5";
+    sha256 = "3b322668606d29d8a841c3b28c0574851f512b55c33a7ceb982b6a98d82fa3e3";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ six requests-cache pygments pyquery ];