diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix
index 2eea08b9238..732051d8ec7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/flannel/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 { stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
+with lib;
+
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "flannel-${version}";
-  version = "0.5.5";
+  version = "0.6.2";
   rev = "v${version}";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/coreos/flannel";
@@ -13,6 +15,14 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     inherit rev;
     owner = "coreos";
     repo = "flannel";
-    sha256 = "19nrilcc41411rag2qm22vdna4kpqm933ry9m82wkd7sqzb50fpw";
+    sha256 = "03l0zyv9ajda70zw7jgwlmilw26h849jbb9f4slbycphhvbmpvb9";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Network fabric for containers, designed for Kubernetes";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    homepage = https://github.com/coreos/flannel;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [offline];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
   };
 }