diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nuspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nuspell/default.nix
index db542ec93a92..c1f354a1ac98 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nuspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nuspell/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nuspell";
-  version = "2.3.0";
+  version = "3.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nuspell";
     repo = "nuspell";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0n5cajrp1fhk8p54ch3akkd9nl8b9c6wwf25980dhagcdys3vab3";
+    sha256 = "1cyvvf5f92a777qgh00ja43z43j5nhc9dw5l3wvw9j6j9bqc4i8p";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ronn ];