diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nixd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nixd/default.nix
index 13a3a63fe324..b2fe62f3d33a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nixd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/nixd/default.nix
@@ -16,22 +16,24 @@
   nlohmann_json,
   pkg-config,
   testers,
+  python3,
 }:
 
 let
   common = rec {
-    version = "2.2.3";
+    version = "2.3.0";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "nix-community";
       repo = "nixd";
       rev = version;
-      hash = "sha256-1i4U012vqw84NuD5cjgfVX/he4vW9MyEeIetJ55g280=";
+      hash = "sha256-iB6Hc3kgtsZ360JlAhPqCRWFTf3tawHEKYAeYt7DM4E=";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       meson
       ninja
+      python3
       pkg-config
     ];