diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 7cc878a28395..a4cd9b286079 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "strace-4.8";
+  name = "strace-4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/strace/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1y6pw4aj4rw5470lqks1ml0n8jh5xbhwr5c3gb00bj570wgjk4pl";
+    sha256 = "0rbgznvrxzw7vfah7mwzb4j4mm9gp4hkpiyaghlivfa0qnjzwnq9";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];