diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
index b43b3c275e81..c128ca11a5ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 args: with args; stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "rxvt-unicode-8.4";
-
+  name = "rxvt-unicode-8.9";
+ 
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXt libXft perl ];
-
+ 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/rxvt-unicode-8.4.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "ff8d904a815151edde72bb3e51d1561125813569cb3d487cbac428ec23facdbb";
+    url = http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Attic/rxvt-unicode-8.9.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "89858c5bfe72dba037cd3435b2221269580f3c699553fe24ee468ddec8831d27";
   };
-
+ 
   meta = {
     description = "rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt.";
     homepage = "http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html";