diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix
index efa007da902e..3ee1a1d0689e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "simdjson";
-  version = "0.9.2";
+  version = "0.9.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "simdjson";
     repo = "simdjson";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-L/a/vTthh7XkiwuvlGk9q+uLEBf8vaPoV1x1fG44zeg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-3ZLEp2RQhQ7QsRGLimWlZQM8PMTv07NlFoe64ES2+Ug=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];