diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
index e4b2055b591..baa18aacdfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/thermald/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, dbus_libs, dbus_glib, libxml2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.4.3";
   name = "thermald-${version}";
+  version = "1.5.3";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "01org";
     repo = "thermal_daemon";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1wrbydmw1jc5dcjawhhsa52hilzajl9n849i09d2nfilv3qcqqi9";
+    sha256 = "0k10sl262d9slrln1vkgsxlr1pnfxzd3ycs552bl7ynf0zxpl48h";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig dbus_libs dbus_glib libxml2 ];