diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/smplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/smplayer/default.nix
index 22935064c4b4..d56ef9649679 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/smplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/smplayer/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt5 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "smplayer-14.9.0.6690";
+  name = "smplayer-15.9.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/smplayer/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0nmw69kg8rqvl9icyx1r1v1pyxg6560363l0kyqyja18j79a3j2y";
+    sha256 = "1yx6kikaj9v5aj8aavvrcklx283wl6wrnpl905hjc7v03kgp1ac5";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./basegui.cpp.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt5.script ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     makeFlags="PREFIX=$out"