diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index 12323bfe2978..d5061e6f4314 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
   , libgcrypt ? null
 } :
 
+# FIXME: clean the mess around choosing the SSL library (nss by default)
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   majorVersion = "2";
-  name = "pidgin-${majorVersion}.10.9";
+  name = "pidgin-${majorVersion}.10.10";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/pidgin/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "06gka47myl9f5x0flkq74ml75akkf28rx9sl8pm3wqkzazc2wdnw";
+    sha256 = "0bc2bk2g3w90mpz9sn9j95c71z4i2i3wxaqa2zpmmixf5r8rasyw";
   };
 
   inherit nss ncurses;