diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
index f02843707265..fc4c280d47c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
@@ -2,28 +2,26 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libyaml-cpp-${version}";
-  version = "0.5.3";
+  version = "0.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jbeder";
     repo = "yaml-cpp";
-    rev = "release-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0qr286q8mwbr4cxz0y0rf045zc071qh3cb804by6w1ydlqciih8a";
+    rev = "yaml-cpp-${version}";
+    sha256 = "16x53p9gfch7gpyg865j7m1zhqsixx2hbbd206ffjv0ip8cjipjf";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake boost ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   cmakeFlags = "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON";
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     description = "A YAML parser and emitter for C++";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ andir ];
   };
 }