diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index e5ab5ab23c4..99874ec2c82 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "virtualbox-2.2.2-${kernel.version}";
+  name = "virtualbox-2.2.4-${kernel.version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.2/VirtualBox-2.2.2-OSE.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "868ccdfaa9f2d364ba1cf407234d59713a464837e4012104e5a2a5b2ad4c2d5d";
+    url = http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.4/VirtualBox-2.2.4-OSE.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "b5d52a67b94510275eb3dc8649eb7d3063446da4f3ac038f821d598c62b5d6c5";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [iasl dev86 libxslt libxml2 xproto libX11 libXext libXcursor qt3 qt4 libIDL SDL hal libcap glib kernel python alsaLib];