diff --git a/pkgs/misc/themes/numix/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/themes/numix/default.nix
index b8dac254009..740bafe8bd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/themes/numix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/themes/numix/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2016-06-12";
+  version = "2016-11-19";
   name = "numix-gtk-theme-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "numix-gtk-theme";
     owner = "numixproject";
-    rev = "1d941a15971f43fb2f5675c7059bf313b78797fc";
-    sha256 = "14b1gl761acdza4bkqr6dvsblvi2wsph79j5jircxfd3wgvm756i";
+    rev = "0e4a840bd1ec434ba660418caaa59ada05d8660e";
+    sha256 = "09nacjwrl5k3dgji2smdv6q5v23qjzfayic044bnjfm5d3p3yf6n";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ sass glib libxml2 gdk_pixbuf ];
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace '$(DESTDIR)'/usr $out
+    patchShebangs .
   '';
 
   meta = {