diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
index e70291ce51a..4f28ab86ffd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/ninja/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ninja-${version}";
-  version = "1.8.2";
+  version = "1.9.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ninja-build";
     repo = "ninja";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "16scq9hcq6c5ap6sy8j4qi75qps1zvrf3p79j1vbrvnqzp928i5f";
+    sha256 = "1q0nld3g0d210zmdjyjzjz2xb2bw1s58gj6zsx7p8q30yh0wg610";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python re2c ] ++ optionals buildDocs [ asciidoc docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxslt.bin ];