diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix
index 7fb9089420d..e0c8d443ec8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libintlOrEmpty }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cracklib-2.8.16";
+  name = "cracklib-2.9.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/cracklib/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1g3mchdvra9nihxlkl3rdz96as3xnfw5m59hmr5k17l7qa9a8fpw";
+    sha256 = "0mni2sz7350d4acs7gdl8nilfmnb8qhcvmxnpf6dr5wsag10b2a0";
   };
 
   buildInputs = libintlOrEmpty;