diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
index 32697bdc0e01..4fdfc8556425 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, ApplicationServices, CoreServices }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.27.0";
+  version = "1.28.0";
   pname = "libuv";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1nhd3772qymlv0b251wg9rrqz279vki4hnd4s23yyll0kpmzkpac";
+    sha256 = "0l0gx69sdy3sv3pirjbca2ws54n9d83mj0j96h77k0ncywimvi64";
   };
 
   postPatch = let