diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix
index dbbb26971baa..123e5cb18abe 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchurl
 , lib
-, unzip
 # To select only certain fonts, put a list of strings to `fonts`: every key in
 # ./shas.nix is an optional font
 , fonts ? []
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ let
     fName:
     fSha:
     (fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v${version}/${fName}.zip";
+      url = "https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v${version}/${fName}.tar.xz";
       sha256 = fSha;
     })
   ) selectedFontsShas;
@@ -42,11 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit version;
   inherit srcs;
   pname = "nerdfonts";
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    unzip
-  ];
   sourceRoot = ".";
-  unpackCmd = "unzip -o $curSrc";
   buildPhase = ''
     echo "selected fonts are ${toString selectedFonts}"
     ls *.otf *.ttf
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/shas.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/shas.nix
index c55376ce98cb..49b57a9d5465 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/shas.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/shas.nix
@@ -1,57 +1,56 @@
 {
-  "3270" = "1lv95hvdgm7cpqfy1p6j88yvs7s55y1zn79qrgjbfn6ydsd99k6j";
-  "Agave" = "1g932cdffxswm7ca32vi985i9gz10igsg91b7qlmp3w489yxj6pk";
-  "AnonymousPro" = "18ckaq7qbbjwqis74m67vnqmw64sdka1cbscsbh48p6gif7r5z65";
-  "Arimo" = "1akkryjqgq4syyrih2yqfp6rzvg1vrss8x49gglj1dgrav5lx80l";
-  "AurulentSansMono" = "1skkczg398kilkwniy24skhs8f6x4k2gi3723dr0sbs7xxvm7x2x";
-  "BigBlueTerminal" = "0i738nmybrp6glhz7jijhnhxhvxfcr64k7m7qzlw4y8s3jmxn5yh";
-  "BitstreamVeraSansMono" = "12v3wbslcmj3pkldv4hrwhdgzk5v9zipn23pfcfrx5b850fgdsqa";
-  "CascadiaCode" = "1z1xfl3j2wr77x97cka6239kjmarw84y9ly1f7ybk742yz32ys8q";
-  "CodeNewRoman" = "1x2x5bm8fq30rxhxd6wpzc94j70dk8f0244y7j5gn4a5aq19slh1";
-  "ComicShannsMono" = "09609068c4ivk78lkii9brxk67wzn8hf178n3chll2djjryqznrm";
-  "Cousine" = "0cjgf002vhvvs84mb842rj8qvl3dgy8b86y82bjbzq5wrk9mgymk";
-  "DaddyTimeMono" = "086sjbjpam8a71jjyvwf3y7g3dljfgxj40zlh5fbcm2lw3izap9d";
-  "DejaVuSansMono" = "0w369n056pzwi62f8bpa2w8d75vas68f1awn3hjv4b65ss26sh5g";
-  "DroidSansMono" = "15xicnfgzqrzgpj9xbfwb7pmbip48fqxb194krxwdrvcb9pk71ni";
-  "FantasqueSansMono" = "1nr0ngqbdxya0igzq7zf74h6skcpsnrpx09l7mz7i9qbd46qk274";
-  "FiraCode" = "0z7kc51hdj75iddaxrkimjyhrgjh88qn3ab51v68fyb8bfm7wnvh";
-  "FiraMono" = "1nz4hps7hzxjihskksqy88ynnclpawsx0fibxjsnblqwfcjfhp4y";
-  "FontPatcher" = "135kgqhzh87z31n2qazcrd07p08i0g8bgs0wh90plf11xg3dffa2";
-  "Go-Mono" = "13kc5vxd5jqbvydr9xymya6p4n9b1lb78lg8yp73h9s0f8ar4scr";
-  "Gohu" = "0rbr5rhb6w7biqkwwwk0pv57g8gffrvjmasdbzfghc8qrgszniav";
-  "Hack" = "13h572s5yn8knabavm89b9r9pzpzlqyy9ri96sji30ld564ls7fs";
-  "Hasklig" = "1qjfbysx97grrb45zaa80i56lqap0gj0vqjs40bl6s3qcv81knf1";
-  "HeavyData" = "1d0b37gq47sy2q1vvfd9ymw5y77qbs22qckhy4rayvhj64rlq5h0";
-  "Hermit" = "1ds2hrg2zxs9zla97xwvvks0ln78dxc9cln7rfcqr5r0ncw10a79";
-  "iA-Writer" = "156imrbkwkf0plg4rlvn0gxf02ys3kkmf8hpv4nk70ihz14pzr88";
-  "IBMPlexMono" = "08ynxnrynxc1gsi7jc3219jqzp93g5ic4j08mml7ih4xc9c4646a";
-  "Inconsolata" = "0gp19rmw3bn1r0a9lgsq76mpxdpm5qvizcwns5rckk4gk5xrbfj2";
-  "InconsolataGo" = "13lwsq9bay3qn56hik68j69hsw0w9fvd6s833r8pkqlz5vz735z3";
-  "InconsolataLGC" = "02zkjp596p5lcrc0j4s9pmf5w1qh6pargmm2qbigc9ilmhxcacrd";
-  "Iosevka" = "06s8kd7mk67i2d0xqdk0za6xm1pqbcr9y1h5riaqzvc2i6cyakqh";
-  "IosevkaTerm" = "14ljgnswddvbdj3ir9irdvjm8fg0m3r00kp9j3xrmv13jm1p9win";
-  "JetBrainsMono" = "1szfx4v4sdlpq599nnrdjblcw9pplrcivk9w4ny4f2x24lk9ranc";
-  "Lekton" = "0c19xqxgxp3pfcxqcmbsnarl696amy0wapcjkb2wxzwzf8bl9jvc";
-  "LiberationMono" = "1gahjf0ysg887fq072sk6m35s494ah3b96341xfinrq0n20a2spn";
-  "Lilex" = "0db9fjkkm6ckgmgw8f3d1rax47iskhl19d6l09mz2n4fis02jxin";
-  "Meslo" = "1lzwdryb8sj3ap892qzf837v49zccrncr7ds7vmxfd7lpksr0zz8";
-  "Monofur" = "0j9gm70n0qnyd3aghjs800rbvdc7w07d9qhpdqa9dp6p0vgp1ywd";
-  "Monoid" = "0080707jxqd8lwnnasrkgfpr8150606cdxp97njv7z1ph8wiblmr";
-  "Mononoki" = "1v60wk7jbxdgjf4n21himqva3vvhsg369iq6x0vkf7s71mz6j55w";
-  "MPlus" = "18s2lv84mxi8xbjxp21ji4814ykkbxm3q44nvk1328hvrb3a76xm";
-  "NerdFontsSymbolsOnly" = "0jr3ar6ysgw5zpbmzw77478gdlhqvzjb2fk9pnmqr5qdd6wbph4i";
-  "Noto" = "1vkb3vvzim15pqbca1hmznf9j13x7maycqwlfjmc41jrwa7z3px6";
-  "OpenDyslexic" = "013lfsm5jrgkwjf038ixx7z0qm0qgw3fclk3wzp778lw8152fl05";
-  "Overpass" = "01261xhfjlw2x5vbz5gy80z7r8q5rn74g52fi6cwicd42fl2p0f9";
-  "ProFont" = "0iclvxhprz355yf2q8m2prbmxjp6wywa3c9sj6q2kyzbwknpyh3c";
-  "ProggyClean" = "07k263bckwfa8q8bqwb654hccf054rmb52lsgvxiw69mmk335z40";
-  "RobotoMono" = "188cp7nhgh0xw6qbfly7cfgk977vfpjb6hzbq4191wfi2rngn1km";
-  "ShareTechMono" = "1zyz1jpidg72h559yjb0c1n83zwg5y7c9jlc1vjkv4vh1gj04q4h";
-  "SourceCodePro" = "0gpjr9khk5fia6qh0h3rdlkgf78l3zjqphsf93yb1542l71dyf99";
-  "SpaceMono" = "08lx2l9fq6z62gx2lbk0iyyywpwnm0dyih1qz537qjx0hzccn966";
-  "Terminus" = "11mbml586nzymlbr5xmjrpy30mkpfavwgm9pr9mn7ywd3g0f2cy1";
-  "Tinos" = "0a9gkzzv7wsaczcs4n24zychc5qxh2gkjxgr2psv98aglm442wcz";
-  "Ubuntu" = "1fnz5w50728hfs8jmqm0m7m2pcp9hmxl78avw4xlcr3d070nyx58";
-  "UbuntuMono" = "11zmiscxqrcwwldyqm79cnm52lazgz3d5svf2jqpmqz8ia893wbs";
-  "VictorMono" = "10dhjdyykj5rwgji5l771sy5zbcdmf1b4xjzz95dwz6qap2qvq1h";
+  "3270" = "12a9zi38mi0ba581p42h0kdwrjh7jacq2z85ghn318a20m0sgh5l";
+  "Agave" = "17phx041dnn4bpmcqzwkmklh34kxafzjd0vfzkw5p6yblibnwzx8";
+  "AnonymousPro" = "1jpl6id8472bx74m90rry2gmxm365mcqrka6c1kk6nc87k38rz80";
+  "Arimo" = "14s3g3dl835bbzj52g7n4pm3c3hfhssm7rsqrprms2yknbffmbpc";
+  "AurulentSansMono" = "0v49zig6f16a0g0pp4qng9scn452569lrlvr5svz2zx44yz8aji2";
+  "BigBlueTerminal" = "10n1pg20brwprl6qxvcg20zwyvp7jaazxaz0n9724zxs9sjjkk7h";
+  "BitstreamVeraSansMono" = "1sc959pw6vlp9qklria6iq36bakmh51p5z98qh6p926sd0ila656";
+  "CascadiaCode" = "04jwlxzp2r82nhmhfav14wxygshr2gkl0s7lijc97p8z32fkygbq";
+  "CodeNewRoman" = "0c5cn71mayabaiz3rnpszvg1p3i067a6f71kqjm38136livpq8ig";
+  "ComicShannsMono" = "09a50xcac4asik7mb3mcpkf5sjaa6yssq2ky999pjkccpp0sk2hq";
+  "Cousine" = "0azc7jfv8dkxz5874d9w7wx1033w8d6agzic6inp6gd3vxfpn949";
+  "DaddyTimeMono" = "1pnx92g4wc6a9xs3qkckig24v5g897xz520hpprzbqxdqbdamg8w";
+  "DejaVuSansMono" = "0abm1lprkr396dqg7hi54mdb5mgaqb0ld9k0a9v93h2gi7n6jd2l";
+  "DroidSansMono" = "0hpqa3zcp3qygvm24zrhcp0rv28lgpqra72l15il9391c4rday7j";
+  "FantasqueSansMono" = "0cwbwlmlw9ijh6nb2nip918qfwf2h7h4ra6z1xi6sfp3mkbrdm0j";
+  "FiraCode" = "13n9xi7jsd2zn7nmgf7hz1d4blqxb0d0z6q36zscc6w1140m3a59";
+  "FiraMono" = "1zlqxmdfy2pamfwz8n46jksxws19jlv6a1jyjg27cmcm6g2phlwr";
+  "Go-Mono" = "1qyna6720s7ljijqw28dsc3xixpc1c603h7avaqraj7xbhx2bch0";
+  "Gohu" = "08dsi6hwahc0d2f40p976anm2c07x2i7wbpcf27sm53f8q4yc07q";
+  "Hack" = "18f196963sw6y9kpyixij6wxkzzay2pgz11xyy63k6wc54z2zmvp";
+  "Hasklig" = "12yl427kbvj3s9nhzgn0q6pmj8jr0vh58xm7h2q3v0qfw51vdwih";
+  "HeavyData" = "1752rbgawhwx5hbqwf1v3njl1n2fgbylkr45wrz3jxb4089nsmn8";
+  "Hermit" = "05vi0dfg77a54z5m0nqcyzyz646r7r7nbxm76mwv4n4w9dr319h3";
+  "iA-Writer" = "1v3zs49s5712z7mq7v06r325lk6q7syd6mqd45520ik35nskpyh3";
+  "IBMPlexMono" = "0q6g551n1n6hihbaybydsks6v0hzw0izpmr5ncmiamcibdjw7nn8";
+  "Inconsolata" = "1fpyasnsb7zq6k7kdhwz4jcnslz5fsmcn53gfspvznlnassm5fl4";
+  "InconsolataGo" = "0kr2piwvfvplniq8sp64sw4p05mfycykc8i8pmb7vbs8ybgkgka1";
+  "InconsolataLGC" = "025f1ixbvl7r0lk74ppmpfh2agq1hqjrn3vrzfh3skamwhy9dmsx";
+  "Iosevka" = "1n699bs61zld312d0kgyp07c4ac7cgixwlfg9c30fyf33jibw8wh";
+  "IosevkaTerm" = "06k8dcvqkah9bzlagmyl2lnwl0lm51f15f3v78l51p2rnlqmi0n6";
+  "JetBrainsMono" = "0sj6ssdznxabxrvc7ar2rbf2fwadixjirk07xdk2vwyavgpyajf0";
+  "Lekton" = "0j2jaz2w7nbs0c6awxqj79mqi6k058b58629r9ir8qhk7m5qmq7b";
+  "LiberationMono" = "18mc7rjvzlcblf0is83ds9sjvyglc5gjf0nbqa6xgm0hcp0lbmzv";
+  "Lilex" = "1kq56iws0cg6ayfmy21cs8l8496ryjsk3ayanbcyz962j913a7qh";
+  "Meslo" = "04g6najk9ar19pkq4v033h2xhv2rr6yrbp2gw29kpwzigjfjrzsw";
+  "Monofur" = "051ipzjngq2083xj3r99f5jfyshpsgw399rxspnzj4xz9n9803vl";
+  "Monoid" = "17gqr74cc5b3dz09z974ig4w8blwkiyky43gpw7ak1l073w9v3vm";
+  "Mononoki" = "0b91kncc6b14zigci05gv3hf4p88vd1xdis8x42zcjc6bjh8q64k";
+  "MPlus" = "0l4ydmspdj2hfmmc686isnmjqhka3vpy9clljpmx9l7cqygqifxk";
+  "NerdFontsSymbolsOnly" = "1rlv9kdakabkpjw12ji26xb42daj33zljfx3hhnffp8ky4vpxccd";
+  "Noto" = "0slrz3f975bzkah4g446rlb1ai85c91i3g8ciqlifq48pp51jm9m";
+  "OpenDyslexic" = "076ylnbbbwrxs8dm9w6bzs26jdc13s00l4qvyp699z4rgdzb9rgi";
+  "Overpass" = "0nf67kizh11amj72yjqv6wm1zgfkvfvrknss56b1ljifp5sgyc6h";
+  "ProFont" = "0bw3srnikbcyr7gkvr9pqx1i11z5wlr9bmfg2hia1wmbic73cbl4";
+  "ProggyClean" = "1m6m4gyb9iz3dwr5lmn18ciwib92015i0mqdw5kb2wmfrz5s9kks";
+  "RobotoMono" = "1qlss2xs8asg3cpdm2gxwzpaik8jhn1md8faficncphf9x9rdvzv";
+  "ShareTechMono" = "1sadgp9zw31rk71xa56l4fqbr7iv4j2l7mp1bdykrzv4r94swdl2";
+  "SourceCodePro" = "096wh4pq1s24i7xya0lqbr5z6ba9k4wr1229p9n7xkcf2hykgc9j";
+  "SpaceMono" = "0fk54ijh0x43vhk46inwhn7rcn2jgkx836461cqn1xfp5vc9y1hb";
+  "Terminus" = "0bxmvhzxd8vllwv2kjgp1j0iz5jhwwp9x1sjxwdsjv3pff3qm41j";
+  "Tinos" = "08pk46z03x4nnkrbp96i16fhmvp0gvk87s2w8dj51863ay0k80yb";
+  "Ubuntu" = "1gwndxsrp2289jgl1wkqyh5q236ax1835314igi0m3iq22vc07b5";
+  "UbuntuMono" = "0qikbhm3qv745kwa4mbkjp17rp10pbvld2xmfn20x4lb33xpny16";
+  "VictorMono" = "1hgqbyrqmjjbzdfxc38rf5mn7m424mchgqp9qs1cccc2qm6js05r";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/update.sh b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/update.sh
index 53d240feddd8..03acd617e6f0 100755
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/update.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ while
   read -r name
   read -r url
 do
-    printf '  "%s" = "%s";\n' "${name%.*}" "$(nix-prefetch-url "$url")" >>"$dirname/shas.nix"
-done < <(jq -r '.assets[] | .name, .browser_download_url' <<<"$latest_release")
+    printf '  "%s" = "%s";\n' "${name%%.*}" "$(nix-prefetch-url "$url")" >>"$dirname/shas.nix"
+done < <(jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("xz")) | .name, .browser_download_url' <<<"$latest_release")
 
 printf '}\n' >> "$dirname/shas.nix"
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/version.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/version.nix
index b96657be7a03..f6fd00b74556 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/version.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/version.nix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"3.0.0"
+"3.0.1"