diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixpkgs-fmt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixpkgs-fmt/default.nix
index 51e4e22bc5b6..7ac73fac39e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixpkgs-fmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixpkgs-fmt/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "nixpkgs-fmt";
-  version = "0.3.1";
+  version = "0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nix-community";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0nz4njmrwacizz9z89ligxr2gyggk65vq9cmd6s4hn133gajf2n1";
+    sha256 = "07hnyx616dk03md00pmgpb5c2sp9w0n5l94s82arair0kpi0ncy0";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "0p3qa1asdvw2npav4281lzndjczrzac6fr8z4y61m7rbn363s8sa";
+  cargoSha256 = "0wfx7shsdqrwbnzr2a0fnly1kd93mxbm96zjq5pzrq94lphkhqhz";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Nix code formatter for nixpkgs";