diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/fix-version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/fix-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d04525e15464..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/fix-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 2f35431..f08eb22 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.0)
--project(cpp-jwt VERSION 1.2.0)
-+project(cpp-jwt VERSION 1.4.0)
- 
- option(CPP_JWT_BUILD_EXAMPLES "build examples" ON)
- option(CPP_JWT_BUILD_TESTS "build tests" ON)
- 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/package.nix
index 838916f65566..05dc6730104f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpp-jwt/package.nix
@@ -10,18 +10,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cpp-jwt";
-  version = "1.4";
+  version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "arun11299";
     repo = "cpp-jwt";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-5hVsFanTCT/uLLXrnb2kMvmL6qs9RXVkvxdWaT6m4mk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-l1FevNhGX7vouKmGh/ypCcmZQLMpHJ4JFUp5dnNMEwg=";
   };
 
-  # fix reported version
-  patches = [ ./fix-version.patch ];
-
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCPP_JWT_USE_VENDORED_NLOHMANN_JSON=OFF"
     "-DCPP_JWT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF"