diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
index 49e4ab44836e..918e8372dcbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libpipeline, db, groff, libiconv, makeWrapper, buildPackages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "man-db-2.8.7";
+  name = "man-db-2.9.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/man-db/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "09mkpvwirv9kh2pqhfq90zl7pjdl63f4w4g1x6zhhp9hjswmpkdr";
+    sha256 = "0qg2sdn8mayya0ril484iz1r7hi46l68d2d80cr6lvc7x3csqjjx";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];