diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix
index cc403a49baa7..e11a9ad6be7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnupg-1.4.2.2";
+  name = "gnupg-1.4.4";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.2.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha1 = "f5559ddb004e0638f6bd9efe2bac00134c5065ba";
+    url = ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.4.tar.bz2;
+    sha1 = "3414d67f22973576f31e354f44859bafbccb7eee";
   };
   idea = if ideaSupport then fetchurl {
     url = ftp://ftp.gnupg.dk/pub/contrib-dk/idea.c.gz;