diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
index 0302513e6fc5..d51838af5ad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 let
 
   majorVersion = "2.6";
-  version = "${majorVersion}.8";
+  version = "${majorVersion}.9";
 
-  # http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/
-  # md5 taken from webpage, python 2.6 will receive security fixes until Oct 2013
+  # python 2.6 will receive security fixes until Oct 2013
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    md5 = "c6e0420a21d8b23dee8b0195c9b9a125";
+    url = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0hbfs2691b60c7arbysbzr0w9528d5pl8a4x7mq5psh6a2cvprya";
   };
 
   patches =