diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
index 8fe35012090..e47ea74bbe9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonApplication }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "grc";
-  version = "1.11.3";
+  version = "1.12";
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "garabik";
-    repo   = "grc";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0b3wx9zr7l642hizk93ysbdss7rfymn22b2ykj4kpkf1agjkbv35";
+    owner = "garabik";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-XJj1j6sDt0iL3U6uMbB1j0OfpXRdP+x66gc6sKxrQIA=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -21,23 +21,20 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
-
     ./install.sh "$out" "$out"
     install -Dm444 -t $out/share/zsh/vendor-completions _grc
-
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Yet another colouriser for beautifying your logfiles or output of commands";
-    homepage    = "http://korpus.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/grc.html";
-    license     = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 AndersonTorres peterhoeg ];
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
-
+    homepage = "http://korpus.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/grc.html";
+    description = "A generic text colouriser";
     longDescription = ''
       Generic Colouriser is yet another colouriser (written in Python) for
       beautifying your logfiles or output of commands.
     '';
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 AndersonTorres peterhoeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f745c2e7adb..4314e21805e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ in
 
   gucci = callPackage ../tools/text/gucci { };
 
-  grc = callPackage ../tools/misc/grc { };
+  grc = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/misc/grc { };
 
   green-pdfviewer = callPackage ../applications/misc/green-pdfviewer {
    SDL = SDL_sixel;