diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jansson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jansson/default.nix
index 0f0fa3f775a1..7b78c39924fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jansson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jansson/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "jansson-2.5";
+  name = "jansson-2.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1cdi1g4pyjwrw76z99ys8cr13iz9nz9i8sq6ivl1q0ymiarvz2yx";
+    sha256 = "1mvq9p85khsl818i4vbszyfab0fd45mdrwrxjkzw05mk1xcyc1br";
   };
 
   meta = {