diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/itstool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/itstool/default.nix
index dd536685485a..a5c3623b699c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/itstool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/itstool/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  # 2.0.3+ breaks the build of gnome3.gnome-desktop
-  # https://github.com/itstool/itstool/issues/17
-  name = "itstool-2.0.2";
+  name = "itstool-2.0.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://files.itstool.org/itstool/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "bf909fb59b11a646681a8534d5700fec99be83bb2c57badf8c1844512227033a";
+    sha256 = "1acjgf8zlyk7qckdk19iqaca4jcmywd7vxjbcs1mm6kaf8icqcv2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ (python3.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ libxml2 ])) ];