diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml/default.nix
index 2f6c8909a59..7f723cf2ef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml/default.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libyaml";
-  version = "0.2.3";
+  version = "0.2.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "yaml";
     repo = "libyaml";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0a7n575rmm1xkz0sn455rzapm1w9mgqjk29hbmzp53zddqkphvsm";
+    sha256 = "04z25mvw86jhzyrj0h8mlgisvj9glc5ww9g0cymzjfsd7z33gnmy";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];