diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix
index f6201b44b3ea..2e04ea194928 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, pkgs, fetchurl, openssl, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  majorVersion = "1.5";
-  version = "${majorVersion}.14";
+  majorVersion = "1.6";
+  version = "${majorVersion}.4";
   name = "haproxy-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/${majorVersion}/src/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "16cg1jmy2d8mq2ypwifsvhbyp4pyrj0zm0r818sx0r4hchwdsrcm";
+    sha256 = "0c6j1j30xw08zdlk149s9ghvwphhbiqadkacjyvfrs8z9xh3ryp5";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];