diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpflow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpflow/default.nix
index 74c7f0f1135..cc923c0daf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpflow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpflow/default.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname   = "tcpflow";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "simsong";
     repo   = pname;
     rev    = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "063n3pfqa0lgzcwk4c0h01g2y5c3sli615j6a17dxpg95aw1zryy";
+    sha256 = "0vbm097jhi5n8pg08ia1yhzc225zv9948blb76f4br739l9l22vq";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace bootstrap.sh \
       --replace ".git" "" \
       --replace "/bin/rm" "rm"
-    substituteInPlace configure.ac \
-      --replace "1.5.1" "1.5.2"
+    # Temporary fix for a build error:
+    # https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/tcpflow/blob/979e250032b90de2d6b9e5b94b5203d98cccedad/f/tcpflow-1.6.1-format.patch
+    substituteInPlace src/datalink.cpp \
+      --replace 'DEBUG(6)(s.c_str());' 'DEBUG(6) ("%s", s.c_str());'
   '';
 
   preConfigure = "bash ./bootstrap.sh";
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos raskin obadz ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin obadz ];
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
   };
 }