diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
index b2c172a4d57b..10128788aff7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 let inherit (composableDerivation) wwf; in
 
-composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} {
+composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
 
-  name = "xapian-bindings-1.0.14";
+  name = "xapian-bindings-1.0.23";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.14/xapian-bindings-1.0.14.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "060jjwddv6ws8iy3jkpl4zcrzzinkjvdblkl0gcja90qzl2j81q5";
+    url = "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.23/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "6028123c3cd9bfc380b672b89f5420f7d5c063fc3511dee4dd5d34033ccb6911";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ xapian pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
index 6b2966ee7e25..e8a8e39e062b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "xapian-1.0.14";
+  name = "xapian-1.0.23";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.14/xapian-core-1.0.14.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0d51p6210059dbf0vn6zh2iyg4i5pynmhyh0gphnph2b317a1dcx";
+    url = http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/1.0.23/xapian-core-1.0.23.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0aed7296bd56b4b49aba944cc744e1e76fff8cfb0a70fd5b1f49d4c62a97ecc6";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [zlib];