diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/scowl/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/scowl/default.nix
index f15a7534e267..686582b48ce1 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/scowl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/scowl/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "scowl";
-  version = "2018.04.16";
+  version = "2019.10.06";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "en-wl";
     repo = "wordlist";
     rev = "rel-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0p0hgg5y88bb802z210cdk1c4fjwlpxxkci6yph3fk7g6s9xc73g";
+    sha256 = "1daag7h63gdijp1lv3v93bx5kmcb5zsyydsd57kv0a6kk3vs819x";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''