diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix
index 11dadf9dcd8..c2b9638c233 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnscrypt-proxy/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libsodium }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dnscrypt-proxy-1.4.3";
+  name = "dnscrypt-proxy-${version}";
+  version = "1.5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.dnscrypt.org/dnscrypt-proxy/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0cij80ryxnikpmm6s79c2fqg6bdiz1wdy50xrnd7w954vw9mhr0b";
+    sha256 = "1cp3ivxngrihil6i7b659d39v9v6iwjs16s2kj9wz1anzyx0j6nx";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libsodium ];