diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
index 9011d33e9222..7f1b3ebcbf5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "tinyxml-2-${version}";
-  version = "4.0.1";
+  version = "6.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "tinyxml2";
     owner = "leethomason";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1a0skfi8rzk53qcxbv88qlvhlqzvsvg4hm20dnx4zw7vrn6anr9y";
+    sha256 = "031fmhpah449h3rkyamzzdpzccrrfrvjb4qn6vx2vjm47jwc54qv";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];