diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
index 724d975e53a..8c228fd91a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, fetchzip, p7zip }:
+{ lib, fetchzip }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.2";
+  version = "2.0";
 in fetchzip rec {
   name = "marathi-cursive-${version}";
 
-  url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive/releases/download/${version}/MarathiCursive-${version}.7z";
+  url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive/releases/download/v${version}/MarathiCursive-${version}.tar.xz";
 
   postFetch = ''
-    ${p7zip}/bin/7z x $downloadedFile
-    cd MarathiCursive
-
+    tar -xJf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
     install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/marathi-cursive *.otf *.ttf
-    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name}           README *.txt
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/doc/${name} README *.txt
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "0wq4w79x8r5w6ikm9amcmapf0jcdgifs9zf1pbnw3fk4ncz5s551";
+  sha256 = "17pj60ajnjghxhxka8a046mz6vfwr79wnby7xd6pg5hgncin2hgg";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive";