diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index e0f1e3fc48bc..357ee2b9f213 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ let
 in
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openssh-6.8p1";
+  name = "openssh-6.9p1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://openbsd/OpenSSH/portable/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03hnrqvjq6ghg1mp3gkarfxh6g3x1n1vjrzpbc5lh9717vklrxiz";
+    sha256 = "1zkci5nbpb4frmzj2vr3kv9j47x2h72kvybcpr0d8mzk73sls1vf";
   };
 
   prePatch = optionalString hpnSupport