diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix
index 3cbb091a4e21..9b877c2594b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 {stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.6";
+  version = "1.7";
   pname = "ddgr";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jarun";
     repo = "ddgr";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "04ybbjsf9hpn2p5cjjm15cwvv0mwrmdi19iifrym6ps3rmll0p3c";
+    sha256 = "0kcl8z9w8iwn3pxay1pfahhw6vs2l1dp60yfv3i19in4ac9va7m0";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
   makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    # Version 1.7 was released as 1.6
+    # https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/pull/95
+    sed -i "s/_VERSION_ = '1.6'/_VERSION_ = '1.7'/" ddgr
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/share/bash-completion/completions/"
     cp "auto-completion/bash/ddgr-completion.bash" "$out/share/bash-completion/completions/"