diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
index 091584a93cf4..87b5b81066c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = if withoutInitTools then "sysvtools" else "sysvinit";
-  version = "3.01";
+  version = "3.04";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/sysvinit/sysvinit-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-aLEaR3LNrM5ftlpMvq0ySizjmZ0Ti0/2HcLVnlfvV5M=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KmIf5uRSi8kTCLdIZ92q6733dT8COVwMW66Be9K346U=";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''