diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
index e3c4943cb2fe..092ad6bf4780 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.2.3";
+  version = "2.3.0";
   name = "lyx-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/2.2.x/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0mrbr24xbdg25gd7w8g76gpmy0a10nrnz0mz47mdjwi441yfpjjg";
+    url = "ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/2.3.x/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0axri2h8xkna4mkfchfyyysbjl7s486vx80p5hzj9zgsvdm5a3ri";
   };
 
   # LaTeX is used from $PATH, as people often want to have it with extra pkgs