diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix
index fe78492b36a0..37980719a274 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/boxes/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, bison, flex }:
+{ lib, gccStdenv, fetchFromGitHub, bison, flex, pcre2, libunistring, ncurses }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+gccStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "boxes";
-  version = "1.3";
+  version = "2.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ascii-boxes";
     repo = "boxes";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0b12rsynrmkldlwcb62drk33kk0aqwbj10mq5y5x3hjf626gjwsi";
+    hash = "sha256-/gc/5vDflmEwOtQbtLwRcchyr22rLQcWqs5GrwRxY70=";
   };
 
   # Building instructions:
   # https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/build.html#building-on-linux--unix
   nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ pcre2 libunistring ncurses ];
+
   dontConfigure = true;
 
   # Makefile references a system wide config file in '/usr/share'. Instead, we
   # move it within the store by default.
   preBuild = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile \
-      --replace "GLOBALCONF = /usr/share/boxes" \
+      --replace-fail "GLOBALCONF = /usr/share/boxes" \
                 "GLOBALCONF=${placeholder "out"}/share/boxes/boxes-config"
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "CC=${gccStdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin src/boxes
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin out/boxes
     install -Dm644 -t $out/share/boxes boxes-config
     install -Dm644 -t $out/share/man/man1 doc/boxes.1
   '';