diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
index 446c8933d5ba..173b983d8772 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gnutar-1.26";
+  name = "gnutar-1.27";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/tar/tar-1.26.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0hbdkzmchq9ycr2x1pxqdcgdbaxksh8c6ac0jf75jajhcks6jlss";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/tar/tar-1.27.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0yrwmx2f721ahpnki4fnzvnmrd3md3bq417icb4wrjky7k3caf12";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./gets-undeclared.patch ];