diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix
index 22348ea6ebc7..c2d3b33c7490 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/ddrescue/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ddrescue-1.23";
+  name = "ddrescue-1.24";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/ddrescue/${name}.tar.lz";
-    sha256 = "13cd6c0x91zq10vdlyl6r5rib47bmsn5sshmkin3igwj8pa2vbm9";
+    sha256 = "11qh0bbzf00mfb4yq35gnv5m260k4d7q9ixklry6bqvhvvp3ypab";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ lzip ];