diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
index 46ff72a678a8..27fd51ed447c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, perl, makeWrapper, procps }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "parallel-20190922";
+  name = "parallel-20191022";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/parallel/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0qrw34rpp8g5knb2nhs8z1hz9i42nxjn6i12m4rblm0anhnfwbr8";
+    sha256 = "1a89x5ix9kls1abj8zkgxdf3g3s5phzb83xcd4cwpz4szfjfw6v4";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];