diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
index e84fb50b359..f9a544d714d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, pam, groff}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sudo-1.7.2";
+  name = "sudo-1.8.3p2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls =