diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix
index 96d3764abd4..a81df014f0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "multitail-5.2.13";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "multitail-6.2.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/multitail-5.2.13.tgz;
-    sha256 = "1axgbdm1xkg570j0p150492x7p3mf11shwvn6dz8g4rha7cak4l6";
+    url = "http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "049fv5cyl5f7vcc8n2q3z3i5k0sqv2k715ic0s4q1nrw5kb6qn0y";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];