diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index eb9827969e12..f0f80f758548 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "5.1.0";
+  version = "5.2.0";
   pname = "octave";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "15blrldzwyxma16rnd4n01gnsrriii0dwmyca6m7qz62r8j12sz3";
+    sha256 = "1qcmcpsq1lfka19fxzvxjwjhg113c39a9a0x8plkhvwdqyrn5sig";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gfortran readline ncurses perl flex texinfo qhull
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://octave.org/;
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
     description = "Scientific Pragramming Language";