diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/precice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/precice/default.nix
index 22726858a225..d8501428079b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/precice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/precice/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gcc, boost, eigen, libxml2, openmpi, python3, python3Packages, petsc }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gcc, boost, eigen, libxml2, openmpi, python3, petsc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "precice";
-  version = "2.0.2";
-  # Todo next release switch back to versioning but for python3 support master is needed
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "precice";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1s41wv2077d2gqj0wsxls6wkgdk9cgzcbmk2q43ha08ccq5i3dav";
+    sha256 = "1268dz39sx3gygnm7vpg59k1wdhy6rhf72i8i0kz4jckll0s9102";
   };
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -19,15 +18,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=${python3}/include/${python3.libPrefix}m"
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ "-D_GNU_SOURCE" ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gcc ];
-  buildInputs = [ boost eigen libxml2 openmpi python3 python3Packages.numpy ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost eigen libxml2 openmpi python3 python3.pkgs.numpy ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "preCICE stands for Precise Code Interaction Coupling Environment";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3 ];
     homepage = "https://www.precice.org/";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Scriptkiddi ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2605ffc93821..01514c0ef60c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ in
 
   psstop = callPackage ../tools/system/psstop { };
 
-  precice = callPackage ../development/libraries/precice { };
+  precice = callPackage ../development/libraries/precice { python3 = python37; };
 
   pueue = callPackage ../applications/misc/pueue { };