diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
index 238c9ac1f68..eeb2a99740e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "syslog-ng";
-  version = "3.27.1";
+  version = "3.28.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/${pname}/${pname}/releases/download/${pname}-${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1cv1kn4jpqyhlhx8w5v557jyc4b2ly2dgkv1hbb8vzgpjwy66k65";
+    sha256 = "1s56q8k69sdrqsh3y9lr4di01fqw7xb49wr0dz75jmz084yg8kmg";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig which ];