diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
index 6408457e2a0..2b0d79f8019 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, readline}: 
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "lua-5.1.2";
+  name = "lua-5.1.4";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.2.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "17ixifwgjva5592s2rn1ki56wa7hgw0z210r4bcx5lv8zv39iw2w";
+    url = http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0fmgk100ficm1jbm4ga9xy484v4cm89wsdfckdybb9gjx8jy4f5h";
   };
   buildFlags = "linux"; # TODO: support for non-linux systems
   installFlags = "install INSTALL_TOP=\${out}";