diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/janet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/janet/default.nix
index 3138d1ba3d72..0fc6928c1aba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/janet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/janet/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "janet";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.7.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "janet-lang";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "044pqwbpdyn7afij68wxks8drb84kmj31c8ziqsfm5msi2al0rw2";
+    sha256 = "1z7r4ddgwxgxy1pp36p2wchcmzjqfyki3a4kicnr23ldflqv9ycc";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja ];