diff --git a/pkgs/games/quake2/yquake2/default.nix b/pkgs/games/quake2/yquake2/default.nix
index 57405d9abd38..d251c48d3823 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/quake2/yquake2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/quake2/yquake2/default.nix
@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@ let
 
   yquake2 = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "yquake2";
-    version = "7.43";
+    version = "8.00";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "yquake2";
       repo = "yquake2";
       rev = "QUAKE2_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}";
-      sha256 = "1dszbvxlh1npq4nv9s4wv4lcyfgb01k92ncxrrczsxy1dddg86pp";
+      sha256 = "0xnpmh0pl1095dykhc76rp242x587yh9zh6wayqzaam6cn3xlz3w";
     };
 
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace src/common/filesystem.c \
+        --replace /usr/share/games/quake2 $out/share/games/quake2
+    '';
+
     nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
     buildInputs = [ SDL2 libGL curl ]