diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
index fda361d6c74..2ef52aee99e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, curl, wirelesstools, glib, openssl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "conky-1.8.1";
+  name = "conky-1.9.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/conky/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0hsybra4qzaqzny6n66m7768vbwkikajcvcbsqgnnnb9527jfnpq";
+    sha256 = "0vxvjmi3cdvnp994sv5zcdyncfn0mlxa71p2wm9zpyrmy58bbwds";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 curl wirelesstools glib openssl ];