diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
index 5bbfd6e375e..05eb575547d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cyrus-sasl-2.1.26${optionalString (kerberos == null) "-without-kerberos"}";
+  name = "cyrus-sasl-${version}${optionalString (kerberos == null) "-without-kerberos"}";
+  version = "2.5.10";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-sasl/${name}.tar.gz";