diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index ccbed6d430af..14f4d5ef12e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "strace";
-  version = "5.8";
+  version = "5.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://strace.io/files/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1abs3svkg9985f4jrxx34sj1dcpsf95vv1a0g01c777zgygncjnz";
+    sha256 = "1nb6bm6ll6cxd6a2fc67c0qn39gbh6rkqrpv83lw6ijm8sw3wirr";
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86) "--enable-mpers=check";
 
-  # fails 1 out of 523 tests with
-  # "strace-k.test: failed test: ../../strace -e getpid -k ../stack-fcall output mismatch"
-  doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://strace.io/";
     description = "A system call tracer for Linux";