diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
index c6430af55608..24e76500a6a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sent/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, libX11, libXft
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, farbfeld, libX11, libXft
 , patches ? [] }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sent-0.2";
+  name = "sent-1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://dl.suckless.org/tools/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0xhh752hwaa26k4q6wvrb9jnpbnylss2aw6z11j7l9rav7wn3fak";
+    url = "https://dl.suckless.org/tools/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0cxysz5lp25mgww73jl0mgip68x7iyvialyzdbriyaff269xxwvv";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libpng libX11 libXft ];
+  buildInputs = [ farbfeld libX11 libXft ];
+
+  # unpacking doesn't create a directory
+  sourceRoot = ".";
 
   inherit patches;
 
@@ -17,8 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A simple plaintext presentation tool";
-    homepage = http://tools.suckless.org/sent/;
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = https://tools.suckless.org/sent/;
+    license = licenses.isc;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
   };