diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
index 3801036f9e57..5b16799a89c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rewritefs-${version}";
-  version = "2016-07-27";
+  version = "2017-08-14";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "sloonz";
-    repo = "rewritefs";
-    rev = "fe19d389746bdffcc1cc7b3e3156dbacd04b4e9b";
+    owner  = "sloonz";
+    repo   = "rewritefs";
+    rev    = "33fb844d8e8ff441a3fc80d2715e8c64f8563d81";
     sha256 = "15bcxprkxf0xqxljsqhb0jpi7p1vwqcb00sjs7nzrj7vh2p7mqla";
   };