diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/java/visualvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/java/visualvm/default.nix
index c8fa6863c1b4..6ea8e876a33e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/java/visualvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/java/visualvm/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchzip, lib, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, jdk, gawk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.1.5";
+  version = "2.1.6";
   pname = "visualvm";
 
   src = fetchzip {
     url = "https://github.com/visualvm/visualvm.src/releases/download/${version}/visualvm_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""]  version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "sha256-OUGuaI3AcdfscfLRULz3uS8gOCVBseC/6aDsPoHRRTY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-RqQEeYMYpBlqla+VmrxOUNyrlIGVL4YjZadg2Gq+f8k=";
   };
 
   desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {