diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql51/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql51/default.nix
index c6392589bb6..b0f125faef7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql51/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql51/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 # Note: zlib is not required; MySQL can use an internal zlib.
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "mysql-5.1.54";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mysql-5.1.69";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.1/mysql-5.1.54.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "07xbnwk7h1xya8s6dw34nrv7ampzag8l0l1szd2pc9zyqkzhydw4";
+    url = "http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "06bbb6a11a2cbe042f80dbd333ff9f12";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ncurses zlib perl openssl] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux ps;