diff --git a/pkgs/games/gnuchess/default.nix b/pkgs/games/gnuchess/default.nix
index 9f7d1684a5c4..c150ba4ffee4 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/gnuchess/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/gnuchess/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ let
   s = # Generated upstream information
   rec {
     baseName="gnuchess";
-    version="6.2.8";
+    version="6.2.9";
     name="${baseName}-${version}";
     url="mirror://gnu/chess/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256="0irqb0wl30c2i1rs8f6mm1c89l7l9nxxv7533lr408h1m36lc16m";
+    sha256="sha256-3fzCC911aQCpq2xCx9r5CiiTv38ZzjR0IM42uuvEGJA=";
   };
   buildInputs = [
     flex