diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index 39b1bcf5b99..9a4d29f09b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 } :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "pidgin-2.5.0";
+  name = "pidgin-2.5.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.5.0.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1nsdiw7dnajv858fj7z7qxdyby3c2wavsk2ghjjk65219mn9b2wp";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.5.1.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0xsvwy2d71lxddmyzm5fjripbhy1ljph4r2nz1rbw11qnj47ms0k";
   };
 
   inherit nss ncurses;