diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix
index 1db053ef398..408436ca618 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cmake, zlib, openssl, libsodium }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libssh-0.7.4";
+  name = "libssh-0.7.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://red.libssh.org/attachments/download/210/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "03bcp9ksqp0s1pmwfmzhcknvkxay5k0mjzzxp3rjlifbng1vxq9r";
+    url = "https://red.libssh.org/attachments/download/218/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "15bh6dm9c50ndddzh3gqcgw7axp3ghrspjpkb1z3dr90vkanvs2l";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''