diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
index d845d92ec8a5..734dfb041403 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 callPackage ../nginx/generic.nix args rec {
   pname = "openresty";
-  nginxVersion = "1.15.8";
-  version = "${nginxVersion}.3";
+  nginxVersion = "1.17.8";
+  version = "${nginxVersion}.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://openresty.org/download/openresty-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1a1la7vszv1parsnhphydblz64ffhycazncn3ividnvqg2mg735n";
+    sha256 = "1813w33hjm1hcqvl3b3f67qgi5zfjiqg6s01hiy12a5j3jqilcig";
   };
 
   fixPatch = patch: let name = patch.name or (builtins.baseNameOf patch); in