diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix
index e1a7c75ea1d..be61640553d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ in {
   };
 
   en = buildDict {
-    shortName = "en-7.1-0";
+    shortName = "en-2016.06.26-0";
     fullName = "English";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://gnu/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-7.1-0.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "02ldfiny4iakgfgy4sdrzjqdzi7l1rmb6y30lv31kfy5x31g77gz";
+      url = mirror://gnu/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-2016.06.26-0.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "1clzsfq2cbgp6wvfr2qwfsd2nziipml5m5vqm45r748wczlxihv1";
     };
   };