diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/utf8proc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/utf8proc/default.nix
index e08aea2e1ee5..05b23e25aff9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/utf8proc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/utf8proc/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "utf8proc";
-  version = "2.5.0";
+  version = "2.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "JuliaStrings";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1xlkazhdnja4lksn5c9nf4bln5gjqa35a8gwlam5r0728w0h83qq";
+    sha256 = "0czk8xw1jra0fjf6w4bcaridyz3wz2br3v7ik1g7z0j5grx9n8r1";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];