diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/default.nix
index 36c9f0e6ac7..7c0c6476bd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nettle/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 { callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "3.5.1";
+  version = "3.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/nettle/nettle-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "06clvkdfxhlbagn4afssylmn5vrak59dlmnvy8b2xc31hycs3k3m";
+    sha256 = "1wg3sprl0bzy49cmbwwm91vw67hk1x5i3ksdygsciyxz587hsk6j";
   };
 })