diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix
index b8ee5f388d1..49269fffe47 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.24.2.12";
+  name = "iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1-1";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0h47cmpxa9cmysz0g42ga9da8qjfzqdf0w43fqx1cbnr8yg12ac1";
+    url = "http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0n4f6wsppspvvdpcab52n2piczhgfq7a4y7gazxzzlj5halchnx3";
   };
   
   buildPhase = "true";
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Firmware for the Intel 5000 wireless card";
 
     longDescription = ''
-      This package provides version 1 of the Intel wireless card
-      firmware, for Linux up to 2.6.26.  It contains the
-      `iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode' file.
+      This package provides version 5 of the Intel wireless card
+      firmware. It contains the `iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode' file.
     '';
 
     homepage = http://intellinuxwireless.org/;