diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
index 386b92f26847..33397e8b98eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, ctl, ilmbase }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openexr-1.6.1";
+  name = "openexr-1.7.1";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/${name}.tar.gz";