diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
index b05d21b66c84..27a608a84021 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.16.5";
+  version = "2.16.6";
   name = "debian-devscripts-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0jyg7abfar4rc3zmdzz4k8kk081ll93v508kdnxg30snavri7f02";
+    sha256 = "0lkhilwb1gsnk8q14wkrl78s0w3l8aghsaz00vprmkmcc3j1x14h";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ perl CryptSSLeay LWP unzip xz dpkg TimeDate DBFile