diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
index 1491b264c750..368f01706876 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name =
-    if installjdk then "jdk-1.6.0_38b04" else "jre-1.6.0_38b04";
+    if installjdk then "jdk-1.6.0_45b06" else "jre-1.6.0_45b06";
 
   src =
     if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
       fetchurl {
-        url = http://www.java.net/download/jdk6/6u38/promoted/b04/binaries/jdk-6u38-ea-bin-b04-linux-i586-31_oct_2012.bin;
-        md5 = "0595473ad371981c7faa709798a5f78e";
+        url = http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-i586.bin;
+        sha256 = "0mx3d2qlal5zyz1a7ld1yk2rs8pf9sjxs2jzasais3nq30jmlfym";
       }
     else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
       fetchurl {
-        url = http://www.java.net/download/jdk6/6u38/promoted/b04/binaries/jdk-6u38-ea-bin-b04-linux-amd64-31_oct_2012.bin;
-        md5 = "b98c80a963915de32b1abe02c50385de";
+        url = http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin;
+        sha256 = "1s0j1pdr6y8c816d9i86rx4zp12nbhmas1rxksp0r53cn7m3ljbb";
       }
     else
       abort "jdk requires i686-linux or x86_64 linux";