diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xxHash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xxHash/default.nix
index cbe32da6445..51f883a020b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xxHash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xxHash/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xxHash-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.4.20171222";
+  version = "0.6.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "1az5vm14rdc3pa3l0wj180wpii14if16diril3gz8q9ip1215gwj";
-    rev = "7caf8bd76440c75dfe1070d3acfbd7891aea8fca";
-    repo = "xxHash";
     owner = "Cyan4973";
+    repo = "xxHash";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "137hifc3f3cb4ib64rd6y83arc9hmbyncgrij2v8m94mx66g2aks";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];