diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
index 83b921dd49b..5130abc9a96 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libtiff, libpng, libjpeg, doxygen, python,
   fftw, fftwSinglePrec, hdf5, boost, numpy }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vigra-1.8.0";
+  name = "vigra-1.9.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}-src.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0542qy1bqaq73l7i8aqdhwdbhd6m1wldsn1w2sfyf8yf4398ffpw";
+    sha256 = "00fg64da6dj9k42d90dz6y7x91xw1xqppcla14im74m4afswrgcg";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake fftw fftwSinglePrec libtiff libpng libjpeg python boost