diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-utils/default.nix
index 78575899ff16..616c99c8f46a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/can-utils/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "can-utils-${version}";
   # There are no releases (source archives or git tags), so use the date of the
   # latest commit in git master as version number.
-  version = "20140227";
+  version = "20170830";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "linux-can";
     repo = "can-utils";
-    rev = "67a2bdcd336e6becfa5784742e18c88dbeddc973";
-    sha256 = "1v73b0nk1kb3kp5nbxp4xiygny6nfjgjnm7zgzrjgryvdrnws32z";
+    rev = "5b518a0a5fa56856f804372a6b99b518dedb5386";
+    sha256 = "1ygzp8rjr8f1gs48mb1pz7psdgbfhlvr6kjdnmzbsqcml06zvrpr";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''makeFlagsArray+=(PREFIX="$out")'';