diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
index 575fb73084c5..a9334f31ecdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libuuid, zlib }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "xapian-1.2.19";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xapian-${version}";
+  version = "1.2.21";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.2.19/xapian-core-1.2.19.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "11a7lm3w3pchk4rx144nc2p31994spyqmldm18ph86zzi01jcy2a";
+    url = "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${version}/xapian-core-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0grd2s6gf8yzqwdaa50g57j9d81mxkrrpkyldm2shgyizdc8gx33";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libuuid zlib ];
 
   meta = { 
     description = "Search engine library";
-    homepage = "http://xapian.org";
+    homepage = http://xapian.org/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };