diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fnotifystat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fnotifystat/default.nix
index 35638e7dabd5..2c90ff94d4a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fnotifystat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fnotifystat/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "fnotifystat-${version}";
-  version = "0.01.16";
+  version = "0.01.17";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/fnotifystat/fnotifystat-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1k9nc7a4r7c2l7vrlcrfxj9rsdb04amiqcsnxm5kpshncry38nl5";
+    sha256 = "0ncfbrpyb3ak49nrdr4cb3w082n9s181lizfqx51zi9rdgkj1vm3";
   };
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
   postInstall = ''