diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix
index 830f4af514a..eea889cb4ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "picard-tools-${version}";
-  version = "2.18.7";
+  version = "2.18.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/releases/download/${version}/picard.jar";
-    sha256 = "00p5wmd3kb7pr3yvsqz660fsk845dwgj76bllwjfrbiscjdyhy9f";
+    sha256 = "0mmyzw75szjycncrgilj1kly3ldawqndxy59059qc8ddbiwn1zky";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ jre makeWrapper ];