diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
index 90d7c2f4aa81..1fcfdd85e7ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "highlight-${version}";
-  version = "3.41";
+  version = "3.42";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "andre-simon";
     repo = "highlight";
     rev = "${version}";
-    sha256 = "163ghkyv3v6v200pskajlsz6sbq3hi31qx7abjcbwc0dajqfngvj";
+    sha256 = "1fxx827igzqjn5rri57b8980hnd3ixz3j7smfxwi1ivfhlfznzgr";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ] ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin  gcc ;