diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 93b0b35c815..667a9aa88c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , cross ? null, gold ? true, bison ? null
 }:
 
-let basename = "binutils-2.26.1"; in
+let basename = "binutils-2.27"; in
 
 with { inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals optionalString; };
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/binutils/${basename}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1n4zjibdvqwz63kkzkjdqdp1nh993pn0lml6yyr19yx4gb44dhrr";
+    sha256 = "125clslv17xh1sab74343fg6v31msavpmaa1c1394zsqa773g5rn";
   };
 
   patches = [