diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 1e24e3b2c4c..5d5c6d258d6 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-6.7";
+  name = "coreutils-6.9";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.7.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "a16465d0856cd011a1acc1c21040b7f4";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.9.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1c4p2kiy4m024qcl1przvphy8vhivf8jvclq6bjm1pjps5d8khl9";
   };
 }