diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/default.nix
index a30b707c8ed..a74b16b3836 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Note: zlib is not required; MySQL can use an internal zlib.
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "mysql-4.1.16";
+  name = "mysql-4.1.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/mysql-4.1.16.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "13c5fdd05e28863db3a1261635890b5f";
+    url = http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-4.1.18.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "a2db4edb3e1e3b8e0f8c2242225ea513";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ps ncurses zlib perl];