diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
index 649ad88a3d18..6f242f4c0364 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ with builtins;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libbpf";
-  version = "0.4.0";
+  version = "0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "libbpf";
     repo   = "libbpf";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1by5w7g3i2fc10bi6f0j8jqi2nq0x8r973j2qx7qlfryjxr7b2v3";
+    sha256 = "08mg5agd40qaz1hz5rqqhf0wgfna06f7l01z5v06y995xdmw2v9g";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];