diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
index fdcf9832e667..fee282de52fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv
+{ stdenv, lib
 , pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
 , fetchurl, cpio, zlib, bzip2, file, elfutils, libbfd, libarchive, nspr, nss, popt, db, xz, python, lua
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rpm";
-  version = "4.14.2.1";
+  version = "4.15.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/rpm-4.14.x/rpm-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1nmck2fq9h85fgs3zhh6w1avlw5y16cbz5khd459ry3jfd5w4f8i";
+    url = "http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/rpm-${lib.versions.majorMinor version}.x/rpm-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0c6jwail90fhha3bpx70w4a2i8ycxwvnx6zwxm121l8wc3wlbvyx";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d3741cae398..c228ff5050f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6389,7 +6389,9 @@ in
 
   rpiboot-unstable = callPackage ../development/misc/rpiboot/unstable.nix { };
 
-  rpm = callPackage ../tools/package-management/rpm { };
+  rpm = callPackage ../tools/package-management/rpm {
+    python = python3;
+  };
 
   rpm-ostree = callPackage ../tools/misc/rpm-ostree {
     gperf = gperf_3_0;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8a376a5abcbb..91bbf8e94693 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5693,7 +5693,7 @@ in {
 
   rply = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rply {};
 
-  rpm = toPythonModule (pkgs.rpm.override{inherit python;});
+  rpm = disabledIf (!isPy3k) (toPythonModule (pkgs.rpm.override{ inherit python; }));
 
   rpmfluff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rpmfluff {};