diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix
index c496dcbe33de..f88a6ceaeb34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   pname = "cypress";
-  version = "3.4.1";
+  version = "3.5.0";
 
   src = fetchzip {
     url = "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/${version}/linux-x64/cypress.zip";
-    sha256 = "1gyl5c86gr5sv6z5rkg0afdxqrmsxmyrimm1p5q6jlrlyzki1bfs";
+    sha256 = "1w1nqa0j3bzjr000d4jlr34d1asdc1fv81pq831s3wl55hyqbij6";
   };
 
   # don't remove runtime deps
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
     # Let's create the file binary_state ourselves to make the npm package happy on initial verification.
     # Cypress now verifies version by reading bin/resources/app/package.json
     mkdir -p $out/bin/resources/app
-    echo '{"version":"3.4.1"}' > $out/bin/resources/app/package.json
+    printf '{"version":"%b"}' $version > $out/bin/resources/app/package.json
     # Cypress now looks for binary_state.json in bin
     echo '{"verified": true}' > $out/bin/binary_state.json
     ln -s $out/opt/cypress/Cypress $out/bin/Cypress