diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
index 7f35551f2ee..c8a4c2616de 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "augeas-${version}";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  version = "1.5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.augeas.net/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1q41yilxc0nvjz5h9phm38k2b73k2v0b9jg11y92228bps7b5bpl";
+    sha256 = "0gzpafrflkr0incq58vjkabfncrpc97d7mdgglkr57iyzvkbcfr2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig readline libxml2 ];