diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/default.nix
index 49579e332946..314153bf260c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/default.nix
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ardour";
-  version = "6.3";
+  version = "6.5";
 
   # don't fetch releases from the GitHub mirror, they are broken
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "git://git.ardour.org/ardour/ardour.git";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "050p1adgyirr790a3xp878pq3axqwzcmrk3drgm9z6v753h0xhcd";
+    sha256 = "0sd38hchyr16biq9hcxha4ljy3pf0yhcgn90i5zfqcznnc57ildx";
   };
 
   patches = [