diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix
index 0c1c92a0f6fd..025a2ee37ff5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libssh/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cmake, zlib, openssl, libsodium }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libssh-0.7.3";
+  name = "libssh-0.7.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://red.libssh.org/attachments/download/195/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "165g49i4kmm3bfsjm0n8hm21kadv79g9yjqyq09138jxanz4dvr6";
+    url = "https://red.libssh.org/attachments/download/210/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "03bcp9ksqp0s1pmwfmzhcknvkxay5k0mjzzxp3rjlifbng1vxq9r";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''