diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix
index 6500e602e854..79a75708c169 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aspell/dictionaries.nix
@@ -140,12 +140,21 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pt = buildDict {
-    shortName = "pt-0.50-1";
+  pt_BR = buildDict {
+    shortName = "pt_BR-20090702";
+    fullName = "Brazilian Portuguese";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = mirror://gnu/aspell/dict/pt_BR/aspell6-pt_BR-20090702-0.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "1y09lx9zf2rnp55r16b2vgj953l3538z1vaqgflg9mdvm555bz3p";
+    };
+  };
+
+  pt_PT = buildDict {
+    shortName = "pt_PT-20070510";
     fullName = "Portuguese";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://gnu/aspell/dict/pt/aspell-pt-0.50-1.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "07xzlnxxzadqsapng29p2gdwj0bijv10wpjnqlwzmkxnx6fxzkcy";
+      url = mirror://gnu/aspell/dict/pt_PT/aspell6-pt_PT-20070510-0.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "1mnr994cwlag6shy8865ky99lymysiln07mbldcncahg90dagdxq";
     };
   };