diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index df04ef48730d..236474343b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, zlib, pkgconfig, libuuid }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.7.0";
   name = "netdata-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev = "v${version}";
     owner = "firehol";
     repo = "netdata";
-    sha256 = "1nsv0s11ai1kvig9xr4cz2f2lalvilpbfjpd8fdfqk9fak690zhz";
+    sha256 = "1fv01jnbgwbafsxavlji90zdqizn8m4nfg9ivc4sbi05j036bg6n";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook zlib pkgconfig libuuid ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/web_access.patch b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/web_access.patch
index f1e4bd64cbb5..ae4d29185de4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/web_access.patch
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/web_access.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- a/src/web_client.c.orig
 +++ b/src/web_client.c
-@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
-         buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "File '%s' does not exist, or is not accessible.", webfilename);
+@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
+         buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, webfilename);
          return 404;
      }
 -
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
      // check if the file is owned by expected user
      if(stat.st_uid != web_files_uid()) {
          error("%llu: File '%s' is owned by user %u (expected user %u). Access Denied.", w->id, webfilename, stat.st_uid, web_files_uid());
-@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
-         buffer_sprintf(w->response.data, "Access to file '%s' is not permitted.", webfilename);
+@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
+         buffer_strcat_htmlescape(w->response.data, webfilename);
          return 403;
      }
 -