diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
index e988e8192fc6..580f12b30048 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/unstable.nix
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ let
   lua-ext = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "openresty";
     repo = "lua-nginx-module";
-    rev = "v0.9.12";
-    sha256 = "0r07q1n3nvi7m3l8zk7nfk0z9kjhqknav61ys9lshh2ylsmz1lf4";
+    rev = "v0.9.16";
+    sha256 = "0dvdam228jhsrayb22ishljdkgib08bakh8ygn84sq0c2xbidzlp";
   };
 
 in