diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix
index 5c8d6f37c7c6..74eadaf5e2e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, x11}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "xsel-0.9.6";
+  name = "xsel-1.2.0";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/download/xsel-0.9.6.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "cec2fb09a4101b7f2beab8094234e2f4";
+    url = http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/download/xsel-1.2.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "070lbcpw77j143jrbkh0y1v10ppn1jwmjf92800w7x42vh4cw9xr";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [x11];