diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ispell/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ispell/default.nix
index 6c92983585b3..9a3f37cc64a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ispell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ispell/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ispell";
-  version = "3.4.00";
+  version = "3.4.04";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~geoff/tars/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1hmfnz55qzfpz7lz0r3m4kkv31smir92ks9s5l1iiwimhr2jxi2x";
+    sha256 = "sha256-h7zW8FIdhaCjp4NCFZVtdOvEkxRMx8eR+HvmhyzP4T4=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ bison ncurses ];