diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
index e3f045f6292a..8e10a8476287 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 # Note: when upgrading this package, please run the list-missing-tools.sh script as described below!
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "diffoscope";
-  version = "194";
+  version = "197";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://diffoscope.org/archive/diffoscope-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-9JU8srcn7UMdMPAdQlpDzr/Ife5joGJTTqJIN1IJGLk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-EKTknFa6gGqd1kpy/k1Vh1Zya+XvBMlU5G6Rg2p66es=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" ];