diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix
index 24e18a75cc9..cceb70b74fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   pname = "rdesktop";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.7.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0y890s5rv47ipcijcrmcy9988br22ipr4c1ppb88pjhlism6w0im";
+    sha256 = "0x2hnzvm0smnanin28n4mvzx9chpj2qnjfrxy307x21mgw6l5q1v";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [openssl libX11];