diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix
index c4d2be4c740b..49b08534cd8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/neovim-remote.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "neovim-remote-${version}";
-  version = "1.8.6";
+  version = "2.0.5";
   disabled = !pythonPackages.isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mhinz";
     repo = "neovim-remote";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0x01zpmxi37jr7j2az2bd8902h7zhkpg6kpvc8xmll9f7703zz2l";
+    sha256 = "08qsi61ba5d69ca77layypzvi7nalx4niy97xn4w88jibnbmbrxw";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ neovim psutil ];