diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
index 5e296e8d754..e7c64b9a76d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ let
   mpiSupport = hdf5.mpiSupport;
   mpi = hdf5.mpi;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    name = "netcdf-4.3.3.1";
+    name = "netcdf-4.4.1.1";
     src = fetchurl {
         url = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/${name}.tar.gz";
-        sha256 = "06ds8zm4qvjlqvv4qb637cqr0xgvbhnghrddisad5vj81s5kvpmx";
+        sha256 = "1blc7ik5yin7i0ls2kag0a9xjk12m0dzx6v1x88az3ras3scci2d";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [ hdf5 m4 curl mpi];