diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index b831924d9cd..26aa025ea62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 with lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "blender-2.78c";
+  name = "blender-2.79";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.blender.org/source/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0f6k3m9yd5yhn7fq9srgzwh2gachlxm03bdrvn2r7xq00grqzab4";
+    sha256 = "16f84mdzkmwjmqahjj64kbyk4kagdj4mcr8qjazs1952d7kh7pm9";
   };
 
   buildInputs =