diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index ef38e354700f423ed1514e536c7c8fe513b53353..5c27b90402c1c1822bf8bf5842a72e225f2c902f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -9761,13 +9761,13 @@ (define-public python2-pathlib2
 (define-public python-jellyfish
   (package
     (name "python-jellyfish")
-    (version "0.5.3")
+    (version "0.5.6")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (pypi-uri "jellyfish" version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "12bxh8cy9xmvyrjz7aw159nd5pyvb645rkvw4r6bvm4xbvs8gd07"))))
+                "1j9rplb16ba2prjj6mip46z0w9pnhnqpwgiwi0x93vnas14rlyl8"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-pytest" ,python-pytest)))