diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix
index b2d9af657a93..bc371423e439 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libextractor/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ assert gtkSupport -> glib != null && gtk3 != null;
 assert videoSupport -> ffmpeg != null && libmpeg2 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libextractor-1.8";
+  name = "libextractor-1.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/libextractor/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1z1cb35griqzvshqdv5ck98dy0sgpsswn7fgiy7lbzi34sma8dg2";
+    sha256 = "1zz2zvikvfibxnk1va3kgzs7djsmiqy7bmk8y01vbsf54ryjb3zh";
   };
 
   preConfigure =