diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 3753f9a1bf..5ba92b2aa3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -3672,14 +3672,14 @@ simple and Pythonic domain language.")
 (define-public python-alembic
   (package
     (name "python-alembic")
-    (version "0.8.4")
+    (version "0.8.7")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (pypi-uri "alembic" version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0jk23a852l3ybv7gfz81xzslyrnqnpjds5x15zd234y9rh9gq1w5"))))
+         "0ias6fdzwr2s220fnjspkdgm9510bd0cnap0hx5y4zy4srba9f3z"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-mock" ,python-mock)