diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-script/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-script/default.nix
index d69b5943123c..dec5993f1b27 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-script/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nix-script/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "nix-script";
-  version = "2015-09-22";
+  version = "2020-03-23";
 
   src  = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "bennofs";
     repo   = "nix-script";
-    rev    = "83064dc557b642f6748d4f2372b2c88b2a82c4e7";
-    sha256 = "0iwclyd2zz8lv012yghfr4696kdnsq6xvc91wv00jpwk2c09xl7a";
+    rev    = "7706b45429ff22c35bab575734feb2926bf8840b";
+    sha256 = "0yiqljamcj9x8z801bwj7r30sskrwv4rm6sdf39j83jqql1fyq7y";
   };
 
   buildInputs  = [