diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix
index 3f17825202ea..5578a41f4441 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/picard-tools/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "picard-tools-${version}";
-  version = "2.7.1";
+  version = "2.17.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/releases/download/${version}/picard.jar";
-    sha256 = "0rcfcvy9zacqmh7nyqlm93hzsx6gfygmcf8d2p02h5l69gvygnb9";
+    sha256 = "00ffi8kkrlh72vjjkjpgi8zys3r9hkdk4xi82kcahch8pix4qzf2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ jre makeWrapper ];