diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libchardet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libchardet/default.nix
index 260c332f7ef473..47ce911a695150 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libchardet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libchardet/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libchardet";
-  version = "1.0.5";
+  version = "1.0.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Joungkyun";
     repo = "libchardet";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0c1k5hf3ssh3cm72w2zpy5k73vhy1gyq5s9rqdawqqa4al8syyvn";
+    sha256 = "sha256-JhEiWM3q8X+eEBHxv8k9yYOaTGoJOzI+/iFYC0gZJJs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];