diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
index 7abf5a1a063b..a1274b380f73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ let inherit (composableDerivation) wwf; in
 
 composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
 
-  name = "xapian-bindings-1.2.8";
+  name = "xapian-bindings-1.2.23";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.2.8/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "eb740c619c75d288e65a1c2f86faecdca53d44d3f9896bcc080085839887b124";
+    url = "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.2.23/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "05929d9bq9df25kh2i6gk2w09w7p5qknf9cc7mrm2g46finbbd0r";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ xapian pkgconfig zlib ];