diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix
index 53aa15ec62e6..2a6294e3b5b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, libnl, pkgconfig}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "iw-4.3";
+  name = "iw-4.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/iw/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "085jyvrxzarvn5jl0fk618jjxy50nqx7ifngszc4jxk6a4ddibd6";
+    sha256 = "1klpvv98bnx1zm6aqalnri2vd7w80scmdaxr2qnblb6mz82whk1j";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libnl pkgconfig ];