diff --git a/do_quality_checks.sh b/do_quality_checks.sh
index dab53fa..da0a71d 100755
--- a/do_quality_checks.sh
+++ b/do_quality_checks.sh
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ build_32bit() {
    else
       mkdir "$nettleinstall"
       cd "$nettleinstall"
-      nettleversion=3.7.3
+      nettleversion=3.10.1
       echo "$me: downloading nettle from gnu.org..."
       wget --quiet https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-$nettleversion.tar.gz
-      echo "661f5eb03f048a3b924c3a8ad2515d4068e40f67e774e8a26827658007e3bcf0  nettle-$nettleversion.tar.gz" >checksum
+      echo "b0fcdd7fc0cdea6e80dcf1dd85ba794af0d5b4a57e26397eee3bc193272d9132  nettle-$nettleversion.tar.gz" >checksum
       sha256sum --strict --quiet -c checksum
       tar xzf nettle-$nettleversion.tar.gz
       cd nettle-$nettleversion