diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/default.nix
index 5d7a75b20132..63ea093b4bb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "prometheus-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.7.1";
   rev = "v${version}";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/prometheus";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     inherit rev;
     owner = "prometheus";
     repo = "prometheus";
-    sha256 = "1b24nx6gmx2c7fj92p2byla3i0zs6xwymxqji00gvgpxr8bsfhn1";
+    sha256 = "11acdwn2fw5qnyns5vdbxw18xnd2v4hb1y2cfjjxw478hhza4ni3";
   };
 
   docheck = true;