diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 5091a715167..38c4445d220 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "strace-4.5.16";
+  name = "strace-4.5.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/strace/strace-4.5.16.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "15ks9i1gv7mbyiwnzbjls2xy0pyv5x4j9a5ca2x0258fq8lxwdhp";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/strace/strace-4.5.18.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1l16vax3mn2wak288g1inmn30i49vlghnvfwr0z2rwh41r3vgrwm";
   };
 }