diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
index cdea90ef5bb2..df8d9eef22ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "less";
-  version = "600";
+  version = "608";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ZjPWqis8xxevssIFd4x8QsRiD2Ox1oLz0SyYrwvnTSA=";
+    sha256 = "02f2d9d6hyf03va28ip620gjc6rf4aikmdyk47h7frqj18pbx6m6";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--sysconfdir=/etc" ] # Look for ‘sysless’ in /etc.