diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchexec/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchexec/package.nix
index d1c5c0671423..12f1d4311b61 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchexec/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/watchexec/package.nix
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "watchexec";
-  version = "2.3.2";
+  version = "2.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "watchexec";
     repo = "watchexec";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-BJRvz3rFLaOCNhOsEo0rSOgB9BCJ2LMB9XEw8RBWXXs=";
+    hash = "sha256-QXoqRJl4eLBE2rmOBvAhlBRE4OavvEWpGMKlBrxwbaU=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-VtSRC4lyjMo2O9dNbVllcDEx08zQWJMQmQ/2bNMup6U=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-svDmGwI7YYbGdI5/TMJGPo0wVgBF6aDec9C3fYsHxYQ=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];