diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index 2ebae0b0c17..06798bdcc28 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ assert brotliSupport -> brotli != null;
 assert gssSupport -> kerberos != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "curl-7.60.0";
+  name = "curl-7.61.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
-      "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] name}/${name}.tar.bz2"
       "https://curl.haxx.se/download/${name}.tar.bz2"
+      "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/${lib.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] name}/${name}.tar.bz2"
     ];
-    sha256 = "16qyhy9alq2wk6zgqhh5dchr45f6nxaqzy3rh8rbx6dx0hignzc9";
+    sha256 = "173ccmnnr4qcawzgn7vm0ciyzphanzghigdgavg88nyg45lk6vsz";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" "devdoc" ];