diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/1.16.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/1.16.nix
index af419c5e0a41..bde667900bc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/1.16.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/1.16.nix
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ let
   };
 in buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "numpy";
-  version = "1.16.5";
+  version = "1.16.6";
   format = "pyproject.toml";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     extension = "zip";
-    sha256 = "8bb452d94e964b312205b0de1238dd7209da452343653ab214b5d681780e7a0c";
+    sha256 = "e5cf3fdf13401885e8eea8170624ec96225e2174eb0c611c6f26dd33b489e3ff";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gfortran pytest cython setuptoolsBuildHook ];