diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nil/default.nix
index 22f1e98f1826..ee26e81e8891 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nil/default.nix
@@ -2,24 +2,28 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "nil";
-  version = "2023-01-01";
+  version = "2023-02-03";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "oxalica";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-xpNlmGG7Qy0SPzXZ9sQ0i9Yo2hMaK+YsTEOTk10rs+k=";
+    hash = "sha256-d53add4Cuh0ik8YYncdoqqR6irQbnh/X4vg12TQ/FEQ=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-mwfM3hIEaHKa2oPVWzXpua+W2Oa5brvNRbRCcV0KapY=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-k4hw+kH447uqsCASuaZxRx2xmMkmn9LM5sHYL2AJN9k=";
 
-  CFG_DATE = version;
-  CFG_REV = "release";
+  CFG_RELEASE = version;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     (lib.getBin nix)
   ];
 
+  # might be related to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/5884
+  preBuild = ''
+    export NIX_STATE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = with lib; {