diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index ba54b2c5671..11a928a3ef1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@ assert brotliSupport -> brotli != null;
 assert gssSupport -> libkrb5 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "curl-7.69.1";
+  pname = "curl";
+  version = "7.70.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
-      "https://curl.haxx.se/download/${name}.tar.bz2"
-      "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] name}/${name}.tar.bz2"
+      "https://curl.haxx.se/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+      "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] pname}-${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
     ];
-    sha256 = "1s2ddjjif1wkp69vx25nzxklhimgqzaazfzliyl6mpvsa2yybx9g";
+    sha256 = "1l19b2xmzwjl2fqlbv46kwlz1823miaxczyx2a5lz8k7mmigw2x5";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" "devdoc" ];
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax";
     homepage    = "https://curl.haxx.se/";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
     license = licenses.curl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }