diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
index 91fff3335ec..099a2523fb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   pam, libX11, libev, cairo, libxkbcommon, libxkbfile }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "i3lock-2.6";
+  name = "i3lock-2.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://i3wm.org/i3lock/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0aj0an8fwv66jhda499r3xa00546cc9ja1dk8xpc6sy6xygqjbf0";
+    sha256 = "1qlgafbyqjpqdfs50f2y0xphn2jdigafkqqsmpikk97cs0z1i0k8";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ which pkgconfig libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutilimage pam libX11
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A simple screen locker like slock";
     homepage = http://i3wm.org/i3lock/;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas malyn ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas malyn iElectric ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };