diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix
index ae0a5d1b4c53..db7d0d77f69f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, mesa, libX11, xproto, libXt }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "vtk-5.2.1";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vtk-5.4.2";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.4/vtk-5.4.2.tar.gz;
+    url = "http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.4/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0gd7xlxiqww6xxcs2kicz0g6k147y3200np4jnsf10vlxs10az03";
   };
   buildInputs = [ cmake mesa libX11 xproto libXt ];