diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix
index b7a11fc240d..5b87b499964 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { callPackage, ... }@args:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix args {
-  version = "1.20.0";
-  sha256 = "072dn2qhgx20y4pfa3mi97qszbifhcnwj28ccin4iamwivn93vsl";
+  version = "1.21.0";
+  sha256 = "0w87zhm5nfx88x9hj6drrvm5f3m02kzbjp39x1lsglrbmi5jl6gy";
 }