diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
index a2de2e08ce9..3cf58764644 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "udev-118";
+  name = "udev-124";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-118.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1i488wqm7i6nz6gidbkxkb47hr427ika48i8imwrvvnpg1kzhska";
+    url = mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-124.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0hjmg82ivczm76kg9gm7x0sfji69bwwjbbfycfcdpnfrc13935x4";
   };
 
   # "DESTDIR=/" is a hack to prevent "make install" from trying to