diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcgroup/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcgroup/default.nix
index f95e6b9ee55..13c248a0398 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcgroup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libcgroup/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libcgroup";
-  version = "2.0.2";
+  version = "3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-o9eXbsgtGhODEbpbEn30RbYfYpXo6xkU5ptU1och5tU=";
+    hash = "sha256-x2yBqpr3LedtWmpZ4K1ipZxIualNJuDtC4FVGzzcQn8=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pam bison flex ];