diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix
index a6005d66b4d..a3af7aab526 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "3.5.0";
+  version = "3.9.0";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "liblouis-${version}";
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "liblouis";
     repo = "liblouis";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0klmyh6cg9khv59j4xdsrwwjzdgylw689gvrjiy5jsvqll58fcsd";
+    sha256 = "11vq9rnmrfqka3fiyrxs0q1gpvpj4m9jmrkwd1yvrq94fndgvh1m";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "info" "doc" ];
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Open-source braille translator and back-translator";
     homepage = http://liblouis.org/;
-    broken = true;
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;