diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix
index 8f75eda7ef70..e7f200a4c077 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/howl/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "howl-${version}";
-  version = "0.5.3";
+  version = "0.6";
 
   # Use the release tarball containing pre-downloaded dependencies sources
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/howl-editor/howl/releases/download/0.5.3/howl-0.5.3.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0gnc8vr5h8mwapbcqc1zr9la62rb633awyqgy8q7pwjpiy85a03v";
+    url = "https://github.com/howl-editor/howl/releases/download/${version}/howl-${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1qc58l3rkr37cj6vhf8c7bnwbz93nscyraz7jxqwjq6k4gj0cjw3";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "./howl-${version}/src";