diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 96c412551d26..9f28194d95ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15729,17 +15729,14 @@ in {
   numba = callPackage ../development/python-modules/numba { };
 
   numexpr = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "2.5.2";
+    version = "2.6.1";
     name = "numexpr-${version}";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/n/numexpr/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0kb6549fwfxpc4qy3l5liad2mx99dys77c6w1y2rm32wyrf5k1by";
+      sha256 = "db2ee72f277b23c82d204189290ea4b792f9bd5b9d67744b045f8c2a8e929a06";
     };
 
-    # Tests fail with python 3. https://github.com/pydata/numexpr/issues/177
-    # doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy ];
 
     # Run the test suite.