diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/unstable.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/unstable.nix
index 532863d66eb..30d0b8f345e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/unstable.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 , stateDir ? "/nix/var"
 }:
 
-let version = "0.11pre9692"; in
+let version = "0.11pre9718"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nix-${version}";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nix-${version}/nix-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    md5 = "35c0bc68b81d20c7fb925bcf8faf4827";
+    md5 = "cae130dcc51a30eff34fc194e17891f2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [perl curl openssl];