diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/octopus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/octopus/default.nix
index 74ed1873efed..1927950c4fc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/octopus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/chemistry/octopus/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, symlinkJoin, gfortran, perl, procps
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, gfortran, perl, procps
 , libyaml, libxc, fftw, blas, lapack, gsl, netcdf, arpack, autoreconfHook
 , python3
 }:
@@ -7,19 +7,24 @@ assert (!blas.isILP64) && (!lapack.isILP64);
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "octopus";
-  version = "10.3";
+  version = "10.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "octopus-code";
     repo = "octopus";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1axr3j53mi30gm3f645ga5jkhxbc7rbx432w2k2lgg6g9dv3fcs4";
+    sha256 = "1bgdkmsp6pwq3b6nxxkimrdmz71wqr8qi25gdzwpcv9wmcf1q27v";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl procps autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    perl
+    procps
+    autoreconfHook
+    gfortran
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     libyaml
-    gfortran
     libxc
     blas
     lapack