diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
index 89d0dd296e6d..5bf8728c5600 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 let
   self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "highlight";
-    version = "4.4";
+    version = "4.5";
 
     src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "saalen";
       repo = "highlight";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "sha256-XID4kjRTSEXgNlAnDeJJRaCU0AaEbXCma3R78o9mshI=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-0U8GN+y9jM3/kBXUvQ7XtvDHGO50Zn0jwPgt+6LMwaw=";
     };
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;