diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 62b2c4e4472..503202fc0b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "coreutils-5.94";
+  name = "coreutils-5.96";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.94.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "11985c8345371546da8ff13f7efae359";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.96.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "bf55d069d82128fd754a090ce8b5acff";
   };
 }