diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix
index f9d7f79164a..916fc29d207 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix
@@ -3,18 +3,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "salmon";
-  # NOTE: The latest release version 2 is over 3 years old. So let's use some
-  # recent commit from master. There will be a new release at some point, then
-  # one can change this to use PyPI. See:
-  # https://github.com/moggers87/salmon/issues/52
-  version = "bec795cdab744be4f103d8e35584dfee622ddab2";
+  version = "3.0.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "moggers87";
     repo = "salmon";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0nx8pyxy7n42nsqqvhd85ycm1i5wlacsi7lwb4rrs9d416bpd300";
+    sha256 = "0ffnvvms9w5b2hkwq0ss018vadg5n7xwhc51dlrfynddhrf9p3m3";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ nose jinja2 mock ];