diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 7b989f8df1f..ca223803f04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
-  version = "1.26.0";
+  version = "1.26.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "1gyxys3mwwizc88vlb6j769b6r4ibjnqs6pg5iv336b13f9acyvr";
+    sha256 = "0g83qj9siq1vr2v46rzjf3dy2gns9krh6xlh7w3bhrgfk0vqkm11";
     name = "${name}.deb";
   };