diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix
index bc9fb6ee4dee..b1f726ad27d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dropbear/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 sftpPath ? "/var/run/current-system/sw/libexec/sftp-server" }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dropbear-2016.73";
+  name = "dropbear-2016.74";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1mzg18jss1bsmcnn88zv7kv5yj01hzimndnd5636hfq9kgva8qaw";
+    sha256 = "14c8f4gzixf0j9fkx68jgl85q7b05852kk0vf09gi6h0xmafl817";
   };
 
   dontDisableStatic = enableStatic;