diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix
index 6e7ffa656a06..92df954e5e01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, nix, git }: let
-  version = "4.0.0";
+  version = "4.1.0";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nix-exec-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/shlevy/nix-exec/releases/download/v${version}/nix-exec-${version}.tar.xz";
 
-    sha256 = "0qw25v8pzx08mirhy46dmqj93nwnxfvgw2jsn8rvxh2d7x4nc8jv";
+    sha256 = "16hssxv6fwi5a6bz7dlvhjjr3ymiqrvq0xfd38gwhn9qhvynv2ak";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig nix git ];