diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
index b47b67792b8..d9d9857e33b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
-  version = "1.7.11";
+  version = "1.9.0";
   mainSrc = fetchurl {
     url = "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "15cnlrhiqklqfzwfspkp0i6g04zdhc092dh593yqnqqf450dgnfs";
+    sha256 = "0j7j4yfz39jl433ci9wgxnz3y70pr93vxixw1s4dxv81nzas2ap1";
   };
 
   rtmp-ext = fetchFromGitHub {