diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 60e17982b5be..e9546c16d62b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
-  version = "1.15.0";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "0w790b9m94m28bx7n94pg2zjxrcjf13228lsb0pl8kyfsk2k2glx";
+    sha256 = "10qzhfz34i7x7z5fv5a73a6aiwxvanyn0v825a6yz9qfc2mg4shd";
     name = "${name}.deb";
   };