diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
index 6ff35b3e59df..114a5ba7ec28 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gimp";
-  version = "3.0.0-RC1";
+  version = "3.0.0-RC2";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/gimp-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-s9CyZMXjjnifqvNBcAM5fzJAAUxZx/QX+co705xf+2Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-9NL5bfGAzlVD+LKzVwe5vxFFnwD3Jspz2i9AbWhtnbc=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # TODO: This now only appears to be used on Windows.
     (replaceVars ./hardcode-plugin-interpreters.patch {
       python_interpreter = python.interpreter;
-      PYTHON_PATH = null;
+      PYTHON_EXE = null;
     })
 
     # D-Bus configuration is not available in the build sandbox
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/hardcode-plugin-interpreters.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/hardcode-plugin-interpreters.patch
index 13e37da3bd24..6a0ec0af6262 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/hardcode-plugin-interpreters.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/hardcode-plugin-interpreters.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 --- a/plug-ins/python/pygimp.interp.in
 +++ b/plug-ins/python/pygimp.interp.in
-@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ python=@PYTHON_PATH@
- python3=@PYTHON_PATH@python.exe
- /usr/bin/python=@PYTHON_PATH@python.exe
- /usr/bin/python3=@PYTHON_PATH@python.exe
+@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ python=@PYTHON_EXE@
+ python3=@PYTHON_EXE@
+ /usr/bin/python=@PYTHON_EXE@
+ /usr/bin/python3=@PYTHON_EXE@
 -:Python:E::py::python3:
 +:Python:E::py::@python_interpreter@: