diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
index 4b0332c75060..727657ca6e8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parallel/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "parallel-20140222";
+  name = "parallel-20140822";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/parallel/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0zb3hg92br6a53jn0pzfl16ffc1hfw81jk7nzw5spkshsdrcqx3y";
+    sha256 = "8a146a59bc71218921d561f2c801b85e06fe3a21571083b58e6e0966dd397fd4";
   };
 
   patchPhase =