diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rr/default.nix
index a8d95eb05de..8ca6dff9f5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rr/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libpfm, zlib, pkgconfig, python2Packages, which, procps, gdb, capnproto }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libpfm, zlib, pkgconfig, python3Packages, which, procps, gdb, capnproto }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "5.2.0";
+  version = "5.3.0";
   pname = "rr";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mozilla";
     repo = "rr";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "19jsnm8n2smalx2z60x9d8f6g4kdm7zghwyjfvwcxnslk1vn9dkc";
+    sha256 = "1x6l1xsdksnhz9v50p4r7hhmr077cq20kaywqy1jzdklvkjqzf64";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
-    cmake libpfm zlib python2Packages.python python2Packages.pexpect which procps gdb capnproto
+    cmake libpfm zlib python3Packages.python python3Packages.pexpect which procps gdb capnproto
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gdb ]; # needs GDB to replay programs at runtime
   cmakeFlags = [