diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
index e6840e93bf35..d23b1c0a997e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
       quicklispdist = pkgs.fetchurl {
         # Will usually be replaced with a fresh version anyway, but needs to be
         # a valid distinfo.txt
-        url = "https://beta.quicklisp.org/dist/quicklisp/2019-12-27/distinfo.txt";
-        sha256 = "0fz0k7ydmddxvxyid0nkifap21n6bxap602qhqsac2dxglv3i4cs";
+        url = "https://beta.quicklisp.org/dist/quicklisp/2020-10-16/distinfo.txt";
+        sha256 = "sha256:090xjcnyqcv8az9n1a7m0f6vzz2nwcncy95ha7ixb7fnd2rj1n65";
       };
       buildPhase = '' true; '';
       postInstall = ''