diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix
index 8cdda4e35e38..b76b32ec4c8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "fping-3.16";
+  name = "fping-4.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.fping.org/dist/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "2f753094e4df3cdb1d99be1687c0fb7d2f14c0d526ebf03158c8c5519bc78f54";
+    sha256 = "1kp81wchi79l8z8rrj602fpjrd8bi84y3i7fsaclzlwap5943sv7";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-ipv6" "--enable-ipv4" ];