diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix
index 171611e12498..5025557458cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmp/6.x.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 with { inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionalString; };
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gmp-6.0.0a";
+  name = "gmp-6.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl { # we need to use bz2, others aren't in bootstrapping stdenv
     urls = [ "mirror://gnu/gmp/${name}.tar.bz2" "ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2" ];
-    sha256 = "1bwsfmf0vrx3rwl4xmi5jhhy3v1qx1xj0m7p9hb0fvcw9f09m3kz";
+    sha256 = "1s3kddydvngqrpc6i1vbz39raya2jdcl042wi0ksbszgjjllk129";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ];