diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index 4f01b53b064b..b2e858a8d310 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "octave-2.9.0";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/bleeding-edge/octave-2.9.0.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "f0fbf6995241b957f078962f7c1148df";
+    md5 = "687a09033bc68f09810e947010bc8f29";
   };
   buildInputs = [g77 readline ncurses perl];
   configureFlags = "--enable-readline --enable-dl --disable-static --enable-shared";