diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix
index b33f01dca90..e9649b4be65 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/limitcpu/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "limitcpu";
-  version = "2.9";
+  version = "3.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/limitcpu/cpulimit-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-W7fbTscqArOy0SfViQaGTgE1iw81pvGQuAlwN4ovjPY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-rS9BXrK72j6DqKLZGO9ekPUuvMb+5h6Uv5F7PoTrtJw=";
   };
 
   buildFlags = with stdenv; [ (