diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix
index a903d5e46782..1f964388cbda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, boost, gmp, mpfr }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "4.6.1";
-
-  name = "cgal-${version}";
+  version = "4.7";
+  name = "cgal-" + version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/CGAL/releases/archive/CGAL-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05vk4l62d7g6cz19q36h1an5krxdbgq1fbs5hi0x2l7blsja1z6g";
+    sha256 = "1hbp4qpfqvpggvv79yxr6z3w7y0nwd31zavb1s57y55yl9z3zfxy";
   };
 
   # note: optional component libCGAL_ImageIO would need zlib and opengl;
@@ -18,9 +17,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Computational Geometry Algorithms Library";
-    homepage = "http://cgal.org/";
+    homepage = http://cgal.org;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus; # some parts are GPLv3+, some are LGPLv3+
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raskin ];
   };
 }