diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 39f3a12b90a..8d34a126daa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.82.0";
+  version = "2.83.0";
   name = "calibre-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.calibre-ebook.com/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "073iarhjsapqf1g8ji1w835biixybqq869flq58vkz37wjmray8k";
+    sha256 = "1ar6hkcl50lhgwccss759201cqgnwasqmhw9japgnz04fj66w5ln";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontUseQmakeConfigure = true;
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig qmakeHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [