diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bx-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bx-python/default.nix
index aa1e3d1d8648..db5d0166f552 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bx-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bx-python/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, isPy27, numpy, cython, zlib, six
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, pythonOlder, numpy, cython, zlib, six
 , python-lzo, nose }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "bx-python";
-  version = "0.8.11";
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  version = "0.8.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bxlab";
     repo = "bx-python";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0cz5vgw19hmkcg689vr540q2gl2lb3xcf1lphm7zbfp8wmypcadm";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bOoD2dY6Zf4HRMqZcGSot1owu/5VEkF6wpuMTzVUlFU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];