diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/tip.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/tip.nix
index 844758c0f0650e..1424b8fe19745e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/tip.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/tip.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromBitbucket, qtbase, flex, bison, docutils }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "xxdiff-4.0.1.20170623";
+  name = "xxdiff-5.0b1";
 
   src = fetchFromBitbucket {
     owner = "blais";