diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/github-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/github-desktop/default.nix
index a834a3357064..5ed726e2bf60 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/github-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/github-desktop/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "github-desktop";
-  version = "3.0.5";
+  version = "3.0.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases/download/release-${version}-linux1/GitHubDesktop-linux-${version}-linux1.deb";
-    sha256 = "sha256-7Sk2jDNZtOA04hkl/J+Up2yMGT8+FcXGPiUMcHhb7iY=";
+    hash = "sha256-UQsMT4/D571xgrU8C4HBoRO+qf08GCGerA4Y5gHcjRc=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d2be46636ab..a1a39353426d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2554,7 +2554,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   github-commenter = callPackage ../development/tools/github-commenter { };
 
-  github-desktop = callPackage ../applications/version-management/github-desktop { };
+  github-desktop = callPackage ../applications/version-management/github-desktop {
+    curl = curl.override { openssl = openssl_1_1; };
+  };
 
   github-to-sqlite = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication github-to-sqlite;