diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 933882c940bb..5cffbe965bbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, girara, gettext, docutils, file, makeWrapper, zathura_icon }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.2.7";
+  version = "0.2.9";
   name = "zathura-core-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/download/zathura-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "ef43be7705612937d095bfbe719a03503bf7e45493ea9409cb43a45cf96f0daf";
+    sha256 = "17z05skjk95115ajp6459k1djadza1w8kck7jn1qnd697r01s1rc";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig file gtk girara gettext makeWrapper ];