diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
index 210570ad8468..83e8f1d00302 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rakudo-star-${version}";
-  version = "2016.07";
+  version = "2017.01";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0czx7w1chf108mpyps7k7nqq8cbsy1rbb87ajms9xj65l4ywg8ka";
+    sha256 = "07zjqdzxm30pmjqwlnr669d75bsbimy09sk0dvgm0pnn3zr92fjq";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ icu zlib gmp readline perl ]
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage    = "http://www.rakudo.org";
     license     = licenses.artistic2;
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.thoughtpolice maintainers.vrthra ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice vrthra ];
   };
 }