diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ace/default.nix
index 372cfbeffff3..b2a31edd0b63 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ace/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ace";
-  version = "6.5.7";
+  version = "6.5.10";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0hvd7y3hs8r3r7qbllfaqrva3jrx5razcnwlws822k66v4r10cbx";
+    sha256 = "1qnq63r9cnaaqb5yrbb7apr7kjl6x31wfclizplri3lj4rwl7plh";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool ];
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
+    "-Wno-error=format-security"
+  ];
+
   patchPhase = ''substituteInPlace ./MPC/prj_install.pl \
     --replace /usr/bin/perl "${perl}/bin/perl"'';