diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
index 35d66b3647b4..1dea43af676f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "giflib-4.1.6";
+  name = "giflib-4.2.3";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-4.1.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1v9b7ywz7qg8hli0s9vv1b8q9xxb2xvqq2mg1zpr73xwqpcwxhg1";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-4.2.3.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0rmp7ipzk42r841bggd7bfqk4p8qsssbp4wcck4qnz7p4rkxbj0a";
   };
 }