diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index aa044c885ea5..73c2a0ae919e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 # if you update, also bump pythonPackages.libvirt or it will break
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libvirt-${version}";
-  version = "3.0.0";
+  version = "3.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0php6wxjcilpir0miwg06yd2ha25zi9fv2apvvgv5c8k1svjd7cx";
+    sha256 = "1a9j6yqfy7i5yv414wk6nv26a5bpfyyg0rpcps6ybi6a1yd04ybq";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./build-on-bsd.patch ];