diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
index 04e06d83d139..51b1bb85be68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rakudo-star-${version}";
-  version = "2016.04";
+  version = "2016.07";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "11xzgwy155xpagrn3gzg8vqnqgjxwar70a3gzzmc9sica5064pva";
+    sha256 = "0czx7w1chf108mpyps7k7nqq8cbsy1rbb87ajms9xj65l4ywg8ka";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ icu zlib gmp readline perl ];
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage    = "http://www.rakudo.org";
     license     = licenses.artistic2;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.thoughtpolice maintainers.vrthra ];
   };
 }