diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
index 5ac2b0389416..0e888d4ac272 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tifffile";
-  version = "2018.10.18";
+  # 2018.10.18 and 2018.11.6 are not releases...?
+  # https://github.com/blink1073/tifffile/issues/54
+  # anaconda uses 0.15.1
+  version = "0.15.1";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "9ca8ee9a54d10d2b38ec262cc65abb687f38c34aa9cda23bb22077cd48a9b1ff";
+    sha256 = "1fbb2cfd57fd8e42e417bc29001a17f319701f1be00e0b8a0004a52da93f1b08";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ nose ];