diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdbm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdbm/default.nix
index a1980d62490..ecab75fb0ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdbm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdbm/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildPlatform, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gdbm-1.15";
+  name = "gdbm-1.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gdbm/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03nwsbixdp3nx3fzn3gjy0n7rcppmkkxb2nxbmd8mvb7gwhf7zgr";
+    sha256 = "0zcp2iv5dbab18859a5fvacg8lkp8k4pr9af13kfvami6lpcrn3w";
   };
 
   doCheck = true; # not cross;