diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
index b2ead19a2011..c72ada867614 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, parted, automake, autoconf, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.27";
+  version = "0.28";
   pname = "nwipe";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "martijnvanbrummelen";
     repo = "nwipe";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1rfqv5nxb20g7rfcmqaxwkbz5v294ak0kfsndncx3m4m1791fw04";
+    sha256 = "1aw905lmn1vm6klqn3q7445dwmwbjhcmwnkygpq9rddacgig1gdx";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses parted ];