diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
index 056f9202df48..60848516155d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ assert enableMagnet -> lua5_1 != null;
 assert enableMysql -> mysql != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lighttpd-1.4.35";
+  name = "lighttpd-1.4.37";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "18rh7xyx69xbwl20znnjma1dq5fay0ygjjvpn3gaa7dxrir9nghi";
+    sha256 = "1gbri5avg1jv2g585wk0jp53mf9jjdz2py9774mxm8bwarh6ykl0";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig pcre libxml2 zlib attr bzip2 which file openssl ]