diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
index 05c1ffaa965..9cfa87f8383 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "parallel-20100922";
+  name = "parallel-20101202";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/parallel/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0bn1pka242pgm5dm0wkd4zf63rwv0wxxb0fjdjivlxyid72r7g8d";
+    sha256 = "156jnsf9dhmbi7r207fns2vphpnjdrbz5ndkp8m6d8b1p2qfj46i";
   };
 
   patchPhase =