diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/less/default.nix
index 9c5a4b1568be..3c64f4240ea8 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 = "590";
+  version = "596";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "044fl3izmsi8n1vqzsqdp65q0qyyn5kmsg4sk7id0mxzx15zbbba";
+    sha256 = "sha256-QhqP1ZfnIELu/P6OV2NnerxL6EM/bA321zmhbMDk1cM=";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--sysconfdir=/etc" ] # Look for ‘sysless’ in /etc.