diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix
index f298bef4892f..31b4aa02ae36 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "limits";
-  version = "2.7.2";
+  version = "2.8.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alisaifee";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
     # Upstream uses versioneer, which relies on git attributes substitution.
     # This leads to non-reproducible archives on github. Remove the substituted
     # file here, and recreate it later based on our version info.
     postFetch = ''
       rm "$out/limits/_version.py"
     '';
-    hash = "sha256-sL4/BE1qNfR33rZwBcwHo3UeVMfkNz7rwBNF4LBtSIw=";
+    hash = "sha256-XGYwSe9KWw6PdxDjyqZ5kw5jlBxQR0VYacquwZ2z8rA=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [