diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 9a392b90dc1..e3dc6b4406a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.2";
+  version = "1.7.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "1kl2pc0smacn4lgk5wwlaiw03rm8b0763vaisgp843p35zzsbc9n";
+    sha256 = "1fd6j05czir2z3bvkf0mixkfncp73jw8kgqgaqxjjg546381yb7a";
     name = "${name}.deb";
   };