diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
index ea84609868cf..d9409636bd0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "apr-1.6.5";
+  name = "apr-1.7.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://apache/apr/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "01d1n1ql66bxsjx0wyzazmkqdqdmr0is6a7lwyy5kzy4z7yajz56";
+    sha256 = "1spp6r2a3xcl5yajm9safhzyilsdzgagc2dadif8x6z9nbq4iqg2";
   };
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./is-this-a-compiler-bug.patch ];