diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index 9c3d63d1f5ad..4efa6651d79d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openssh-5.6p1";
+  name = "openssh-5.8p1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0avc7jgp8i2jlp7b8q8g4nyil56v5fp09c1v54dc4ql15cxzb2jk";
+    sha256 = "0frjn6vc0jhj5gwfl95rdnjn1h9nlcaanr4xqmwyg9b26n7pmiz1";
   };
 
   prePatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString hpnSupport