diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index 68cbcd3f525b..e7d8b6b32d6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -3648,18 +3648,18 @@ final: prev: {
     }:
     buildLuarocksPackage {
       pname = "luaposix";
-      version = "36.3-1";
+      version = "37.0-1";
       knownRockspec =
         (fetchurl {
-          url = "mirror://luarocks/luaposix-36.3-1.rockspec";
-          sha256 = "0jwah6b1bxzck29zxbg479zm1sqmg7vafh7rrkfpibdbwnq01yzb";
+          url = "mirror://luarocks/luaposix-37.0-1.rockspec";
+          sha256 = "0g3f5dh811hk35wm257wcfcbzpmgankpw578vf461kpa0jg84xph";
         }).outPath;
       src = fetchzip {
-        url = "http://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/archive/v36.3.zip";
-        sha256 = "0k05mpscsqx1yd5vy126brzc35xk55nck0g7m91vrbvvq3bcg824";
+        url = "http://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/archive/v37.0.zip";
+        sha256 = "0kr2r9mmpfpzmps4n5fb8acd7nr615mbs7f9b3fg7z6igfx4jllv";
       };
 
-      disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.5";
+      disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.6";
 
       meta = {
         homepage = "http://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/";