diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/shadow/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/shadow/default.nix
index f68835a9bd18..3c61962ba6e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/shadow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/shadow/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
    
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "shadow-4.0.4.1";
+  name = "shadow-4.0.6";
    
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/old/shadow-4.0.4.1.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "3a3d17d3d7c630b602baf66ae7434c61";
+    url = ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/shadow-4.0.6.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "3ca79b02c0aaa82128f4c32cb68ffe4f";
   };
    
 }