diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
index 861f41cb7a4..87aaafabcc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 , gnomeSupport ? true, libgnome_keyring, sqlite, glib_networking }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libsoup-2.36.1";
+  name = "libsoup-2.38.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/libsoup/2.36/libsoup-2.36.1.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "0r8zkr0a328jkww4dv9z1q691rw59nh4lf5f5pzzr9szzw3j8wkk";
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/libsoup/2.38/libsoup-2.38.1.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "16iza4y8pmc4sn90iid88fgminvgcqypy3s2qnmzkzm5qwzr5f3i";
   };