diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix
index 04ab624b86a4..630fe04e226b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, libnl, ncurses, pciutils, pkgconfig, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "powertop-2.5";
+  name = "powertop-2.6.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://01.org/powertop/sites/default/files/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "02rwqbpasdayl201v0549gbp2f82rd0hqiv3i111r7npanjhhb4b";
+    url = "https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/powertop/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1r103crmkdk617qrxqjzy2mlhaacbpg5q795546zwcxlbdnxwk03";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gettext libnl ncurses pciutils pkgconfig zlib ];