diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix
index bf3367d7843..99562ebd662 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "i3status-2.8";
+  name = "i3status-2.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://i3wm.org/i3status/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1zh7z2qbw0jsrqdkc1irviq2n20mc5hq4h1mckyfcm238pfwa1mb";
+    sha256 = "1qwxbrga2fi5wf742hh9ajwa8b2kpzkjjnhjlz4wlpv21i80kss2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ confuse yajl alsaLib wirelesstools ];