diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
index c1b4c88aa479..2417af3dbfd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "geos-3.6.3";
+  name = "geos-3.7.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.osgeo.org/geos/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0jrypv61rbyp7vi9qpnnaiigjj8cgdqvyk8ymik8h1ppcw5am7mb";
+    sha256 = "1mrz778m6bd1x9k6sha5kld43kalhq79h2lynlx2jx7xjakl3gsg";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;