diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index b94a313d23de..5091a715167d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "strace-4.5.15";
+  name = "strace-4.5.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/strace/strace-4.5.15.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "07n62yv53p2hsb59srfaxb0kk8b6p6iq77drmf65pq8jpa50s9ip";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/strace/strace-4.5.16.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "15ks9i1gv7mbyiwnzbjls2xy0pyv5x4j9a5ca2x0258fq8lxwdhp";
   };
 }