diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
index 89bf06886518..a62f81052bad 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, eventlog, pkgconfig, glib, python, systemd, perl }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "syslog-ng-3.5.4.1";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "syslog-ng-${version}";
+
+  version = "3.5.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files?path=/syslog-ng/sources/3.5.4.1/source/syslog-ng_3.5.4.1.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0rkgrmnyx1x6m3jw5n49k7r1dcg79lxh900g74rgvd3j86g9dilj";
+    url = "http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files?path=/syslog-ng/sources/${version}/source/syslog-ng_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "19i1idklpgn6mz0mg7194by5fjgvvh5n4v2a0rr1z0778l2038kc";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ eventlog pkgconfig glib python systemd perl ];
@@ -16,9 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
   ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/";
     description = "Next-generation syslogd with advanced networking and filtering capabilities";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rickynils ];
   };
 }