diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
index cca60332d06..1427eec54f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXinerama, patches ? []}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dwm-5.8.2";
+  name = "dwm-5.9";
  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dl.suckless.org/dwm/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0rlv72fls2k4s48a0mw7mxa05d4qdxgs8pqbkyqkpzz3jb3kn965";
+    sha256 = "0cp25zqgaqj5k1mlvgxnc5jqi252chqjc5v0fzpqbhrklaidbk9d";
   };
  
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXinerama ];