diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index b69428a0ceb..01b5044fbeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "coreutils-5.0";
+  name = "coreutils-5.2.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.0.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "94e5558ee2a65723d4840bfde2d323f0";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.2.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "172ee3c315af93d3385ddfbeb843c53f";
   };
 }