diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v7.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v7.nix
index b0b0869dce27..2fb61fca0ff7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v7.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ let
   baseName = if enableNpm then "nodejs" else "nodejs-slim";
 in
   stdenv.mkDerivation (nodejs // rec {
-    version = "7.7.3";
+    version = "7.9.0";
     name = "${baseName}-${version}";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://nodejs.org/download/release/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.xz";
-      sha256 = "1pqfrvz06nz88jdp1vsrxfy5z0v8yas1c6pkvl45afvl3zqxlhal";
+      sha256 = "0abaz5z0cv7amd6blm4cm91asj30ydf0lq3j0wdg6aa9i15pcsd5";
     };
 
   })