diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
index 62d7fb3b34a3..b2ead19a2011 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, parted, automake, autoconf, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.26";
+  version = "0.27";
   pname = "nwipe";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "martijnvanbrummelen";
     repo = "nwipe";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "072gg7hafq4vncpgm62yswshg6qgbi9mg2hl0p22c7if908p4vaa";
+    sha256 = "1rfqv5nxb20g7rfcmqaxwkbz5v294ak0kfsndncx3m4m1791fw04";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses parted ];
   preConfigure = "sh init.sh || :";
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Securely erase disks";
-    homepage = https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.woffs ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;