diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix
index 173c2623e18..3dcbf59d4d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, lzip }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ddrescue-1.21";
+  name = "ddrescue-1.22";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/ddrescue/${name}.tar.lz";
-    sha256 = "1b71hb42lh33y9843nd1mxlwkk9qh9ajvnz6ivzd1jq9lav4x7ph";
+    sha256 = "19qhx9ggkkjl0g3a88g501wmybkj1y4n5lm5kp0km0blh0p7p189";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ lzip ];