diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2/default.nix
index 6ff5a1c51101..4405d028dc19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2";
-  version = "2.4.1";
+  version = "2.5.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ojacques";
     repo = "mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hKt0K5gOkdUDwTlyMTwodl4gD1RD+s+CM+zEpngSnlc=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-PpXgY5RlOeb0mB46gcNVWkSGMZa4WPkCwDUXMxCUjsI=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "MkDocs plugin for displaying a list of contributors on each page";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ojacques/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/ojacques/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2/releases/tag/${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ojacques/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mahtaran ];
   };