diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index fb6dadb85202..831a0a06a355 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "strace-4.5.6";
+  name = "strace-4.5.12";
 
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/strace-4.5.6.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "2dd9d23430957a7ee0221efb28c66d1e";
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/strace/strace-4.5.12.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "c9dc77b9bd7f144f317e8289e0f6d40b";
   };
 }