diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index 1b4835064f96..bfa7e8e2009d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , libuv, lua, ncurses, pkg-config
 , unibilium, xsel, gperf
 , libvterm-neovim
+, tree-sitter
 , glibcLocales ? null, procps ? null
 
 # now defaults to false because some tests can be flaky (clipboard etc)
@@ -31,13 +32,13 @@ let
 in
   stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "neovim-unwrapped";
-    version = "0.4.4";
+    version = "0.5.0";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "neovim";
       repo = "neovim";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "11zyj6jvkwas3n6w1ckj3pk6jf81z1g7ngg4smmwm7c27y2a6f2m";
+      sha256 = "0lgbf90sbachdag1zm9pmnlbn35964l3khs27qy4462qzpqyi9fi";
     };
 
     patches = [
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ in
       msgpack
       ncurses
       neovimLuaEnv
+      tree-sitter
       unibilium
     ] ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv
       ++ optionals doCheck [ glibcLocales procps ]
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ in
       "-DGPERF_PRG=${gperf}/bin/gperf"
       "-DLUA_PRG=${neovimLuaEnv.interpreter}"
       "-DLIBLUV_LIBRARY=${luvpath}"
+      "-DUSE_BUNDLED=OFF"
     ]
     ++ optional doCheck "-DBUSTED_PRG=${neovimLuaEnv}/bin/busted"
     ++ optional (!lua.pkgs.isLuaJIT) "-DPREFER_LUA=ON"