diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index e76d1028ebf3..6cbd3dea825f 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 = "1.9.9";
+  version = "1.10.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "1rgqajqc1z1n8ckwkxg61j0k6ridps25am54qdwjm25w53bd0z1x";
+    sha256 = "0v03a93qa57ajji4sfz7hyr06n20jnlq87103nr7wqycv1v4dm85";
     name = "${name}.deb";
   };