diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
index 9cdfe730c46..597ed1c5c6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "freetype-2.3.6";
+  name = "freetype-2.3.7";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.3.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0xqf24d42qj5x8h6cmwpdqg455kpcbaxc3jlwqf4rlbn0g1ri9nm";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.3.7.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "12787v5q083zwrpfh0sk87g4ac0yzzmjmw41k5k27hwznsg8gksf";
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A font engine";
+    description = "A font rendering engine";
     homepage = http://www.freetype.org/;
   };
 }