diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
index f9f3b09ba0ac..d38fa0609d86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "LAStools";
-  version = "201003"; # LAStools makes release-ish commits with a message containing their version number as YYMMDD; these align with their website changelog
+  version = "2.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "LAStools";
     repo = "LAStools";
-    rev = "635b76b42cc4912762da31b92f875df5310e1714";
-    sha256 = "0682ca3bp51lmfp46vsjnd1bqpn05g95pf4kclvjv1y8qivkxsaq";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "19y49j5af3z3fsiknq9kg9yjcsr73ywng8dfy837y97q4shc9g00";
   };
 
   patches = [