diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix
index 9725ea66dd43..96283af40d05 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "earlyoom-${VERSION}";
   # This environment variable is read by make to set the build version.
-  VERSION = "1.3";
+  VERSION = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rfjakob";
     repo = "earlyoom";
     rev = "v${VERSION}";
-    sha256 = "0fwbx0y80nqgkxrc9kf9j3iwa0wbps2jmqir3pgqbc2cj0wjh0lr";
+    sha256 = "1wcw2lfd9ajachbrjqywkzj9x6zv32gij2r6yap26x1wdd5x7i93";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''