diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix
index dd1b3305646..7519d0da03f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, python2Packages, root, makeWrapper, withRootSupport ? false }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, python2Packages, root, makeWrapper, zlib, withRootSupport ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "yoda-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.7";
+  version = "1.7.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.hepforge.org/archive/yoda/YODA-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "05jyv5dypa6d4q1m8wm2qycgq1i0bgzwzzm9qqdj0b43ff2kggra";
+    sha256 = "0fyf6ld1klzlfmr5sl1jxzck4a0h14zfkrff8397rn1fqnqbzmmk";
   };
 
   pythonPath = []; # python wrapper support
 
   buildInputs = with python2Packages; [ python numpy matplotlib makeWrapper ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withRootSupport root;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;