diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
index 199f1626c89..378bc935e22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vala-lint-unstable";
-  version = "2019-10-11";
+  version = "2020-08-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vala-lang";
     repo = "vala-lint";
-    rev = "a077bbec30dea128616a23583ce3f8364ff2ef11";
-    sha256 = "0w0rmaj4v42wc4vq2lfjnj6airag5ahv6522xkw3j1nmccxq3s72";
+    rev = "fc5dd9e95bc61540b404d5bc070c0629903baad9";
+    sha256 = "n6pp6vYGaRF8B3phWp/e9KnpKGf0Op+xGVdT6HHe0rM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [