diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix
index 2c9d27a8b6a..b5bb73e3e33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   name = "zimg-${version}";
-  version = "2.4";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "sekrit-twc";
     repo   = "zimg";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "11pk8a5manr751jhy0xrql57jzab57lwqjxbpd8kvm9m8b51icwq";
+    rev    = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "08hynzcxz95a4i67k5cn6isafdb6xjgd0x0miyhlnp2xc220zfqj";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Scaling, colorspace conversion and dithering library";