diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix
index 727fb810e6e8..1c8eac99737c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, which, protobuf, gperftools, boost, zlib, curl, python, m4 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "rethinkdb-1.14.1";
+  name = "rethinkdb-1.15.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.rethinkdb.com/dist/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0brsbb289hcsmipma4rsgrkqpqagwff2y6w46dvb25n95id65hx8";
+    sha256 = "1fpx9apqm62i332q2isanpdql8gwwab4qxwzrspqwgcka9zd6gy3";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''