diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/newlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/newlib/default.nix
index 693cfa093b0..4230672e12f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/newlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/newlib/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, buildPackages }:
 
-let version = "3.0.0";
+let version = "3.1.0";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "newlib-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/newlib/newlib-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0chka3szh50krcz2dcxcsr1v1i000jylwnsrp2pgrrblxqsn6mn8";
+    sha256 = "0ahh3n079zjp7d9wynggwrnrs27440aac04340chf1p9476a2kzv";
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];