diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bi/bicon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bi/bicon/package.nix
index d5055459e2d1..62a0a8db3b6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bi/bicon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bi/bicon/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   perl,
@@ -11,27 +10,17 @@
   xkbutils,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "bicon";
-  version = "unstable-2020-06-04";
+  version = "0.5-unstable-2024-01-31";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "behdad";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "64ae10c94b94a573735a2c2b1502334b86d3b1f7";
-    sha256 = "0ixsf65j4dbdl2aazjc2j0hiagbp6svvfwfmyivha0i1k5yx12v1";
+    repo = "bicon";
+    rev = "48720c0f22197d4d5f7b0f5162a3d8f071e6e8a8";
+    hash = "sha256-4pvI4T+fdgCirHDc0h3vP5AZyqfnBKv5R3fJICnpmF4=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build on clang-13. Pull the change pending upstream
-    # inclusion: https://github.com/behdad/bicon/pull/29
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "clang.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/behdad/bicon/commit/20f5a79571f222f96e07d7c0c5e76e2c9ff1c59a.patch";
-      sha256 = "0l1dm7w52k57nv3lvz5pkbwp021mlsk3csyalxi90np1lx5sqbd1";
-    })
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [
     fribidi
     kbd
@@ -47,15 +36,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Bidirectional console";
     homepage = "https://github.com/behdad/bicon";
-    license = [
-      licenses.lgpl21
-      licenses.psfl
-      licenses.bsd0
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      lgpl21
+      psfl
+      bsd0
     ];
     maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})