diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
index bb9555fa600..49d1b614f3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gzip-${version}";
-  version = "1.8";
+  version = "1.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gzip/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1lxv3p4iyx7833mlihkn5wfwmz4cys5nybwpz3dfawag8kn6f5zz";
+    sha256 = "16h8g4acy7fgfxcjacr3wijjsnixwsfd2jhz3zwdi2qrzi262l5f";
   };
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optional hostPlatform.isDarwin stdenv.secure-format-patch;