diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index a4a383d8946d..cd9ced5832fc 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@
   pmahoney = "Patrick Mahoney <pat@polycrystal.org>";
   pmiddend = "Philipp Middendorf <pmidden@secure.mailbox.org>";
   polyrod = "Maurizio Di Pietro <dc1mdp@gmail.com>";
+  pradeepchhetri = "Pradeep Chhetri <pradeep.chhetri89@gmail.com>";
   prikhi = "Pavan Rikhi <pavan.rikhi@gmail.com>";
   primeos = "Michael Weiss <dev.primeos@gmail.com>";
   profpatsch = "Profpatsch <mail@profpatsch.de>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
index eb8e17a86938..54e5a3ab17e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, file , protobufc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "riemann-c-client-${version}";
-
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  pname = "riemann-c-client";
+  version = "1.9.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "algernon";
     repo = "riemann-c-client";
-    rev = "54f4a656793d6c5ca0bf1ff2388693fb6b2b82a7";
-    sha256 = "0jc2bbw7sp2gr4cswx78srs0p1kp81prcarq4ivqpfw4bmzg6xg4";
+    rev = "${name}";
+    sha256 = "1j3wgf9xigsv6ckmv82gjj4wavi7xjn2zvj1f63fzbaa1rv7pf3s";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig file protobufc ];
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://github.com/algernon/riemann-c-client;
     description = "A C client library for the Riemann monitoring system";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.rickynils ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rickynils pradeepchhetri ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }