diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
index 59851eda25aa..b9b08433a626 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openal-soft/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, alsaLib }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 #The current release is still in a testing phase, though it should be stable
 # (neither the ABI or API will break). Please try it out and let me know how it
 #  works. :-)
 
-  name = "openal-soft-1.1.93";
+  version = "1.15.1";
+  name = "openal-soft-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/openal-soft-1.1.93.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "162nyv4jy6qzi7s5q3wpdawfph6npyn1n4wjf21haxdxq0mmp6l7";
+    url = "http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0mmhdqiyb3c9dzvxspm8h2v8jibhi8pfjxnf6m0wn744y1ia2a8f";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake alsaLib ];