diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
index a71567b59038..6d08d31d78e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
@@ -1,56 +1,65 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, rustPlatform
-, cargo
-, sphinx
-, Security
-, libiconv
-, prefix ? "uutils-"
-, buildMulticallBinary ? true
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  cargo,
+  sphinx,
+  Security,
+  libiconv,
+  prefix ? "uutils-",
+  buildMulticallBinary ? true,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "uutils-coreutils";
-  version = "0.0.27";
+  version = "0.0.28";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "uutils";
     repo = "coreutils";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-6MbX3C5NVwiOwXW5xJO2X3qKMh3pUSALR9aK2IbgaaU=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Gwks+xTkwK5dgV9AkSthIrhBNwq/WvM9SNr0wR/SBSM=";
   };
 
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
     inherit src;
     name = "uutils-coreutils-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-JowORfYHxN8GqvWeUm0ACnHNM3uZviYbhR7BOeAfphw=";
+    hash = "sha256-i7RvsgtmkH8og8lkRQURWLrzrhPkxans+KME2Ili0wM=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook sphinx ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    sphinx
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ Security libiconv ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    Security
+    libiconv
+  ];
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "CARGO=${cargo}/bin/cargo"
-    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
-    "PROFILE=release"
-    "INSTALLDIR_MAN=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man1"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (prefix != null) [ "PROG_PREFIX=${prefix}" ]
-  ++ lib.optionals buildMulticallBinary [ "MULTICALL=y" ];
+  makeFlags =
+    [
+      "CARGO=${cargo}/bin/cargo"
+      "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+      "PROFILE=release"
+      "INSTALLDIR_MAN=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man1"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (prefix != null) [ "PROG_PREFIX=${prefix}" ]
+    ++ lib.optionals buildMulticallBinary [ "MULTICALL=y" ];
 
   # too many impure/platform-dependent tests
   doCheck = false;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils";
     longDescription = ''
       uutils is an attempt at writing universal (as in cross-platform)
       CLI utils in Rust. This repo is to aggregate the GNU coreutils rewrites.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ siraben ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ siraben ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }