diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/appliance.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/appliance.nix
index 9c2b317ab086..ad4a93517e92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/appliance.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/appliance.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 { fetchzip }:
 
 fetchzip {
-  name = "libguestfs-appliance-1.38.0";
-  url = "http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.38.0.tar.xz";
-  sha256 = "15rxwj5qjflizxk7slpbrj9lcwkd2lgm52f5yv101qba4yyn3g76";
+  name = "libguestfs-appliance-1.40.1";
+  url = "http://download.libguestfs.org/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.40.1.tar.xz";
+  sha256 = "00863mm08p55cv6w8awp7y0lv894rcrm70mjwqfc8nc4yyb70xlm";
 
   meta = {
     hydraPlatforms = []; # Hydra fails with "Output limit exceeded"