diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix
index 77c2ed4d780c..aea809c04ecd 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-5/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchzip }:
 
 let
-  version = "5.1.0";
+  version = "5.5.0";
 in fetchzip rec {
   name = "font-awesome-${version}";
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in fetchzip rec {
     unzip -j $downloadedFile "Font-Awesome-${version}/use-on-desktop/Font Awesome 5 Free-Solid-900.otf" -d $out/share/fonts/opentype
   '';
 
-  sha256 = "12m35bk61d8pddhybg2jpl5xv16dclz1qacdmk05m11nzshd3nz1";
+  sha256 = "1drjc40glfqhwmfn3s4gz8hz1x0ncrwdr9n1i25m1l7pvsk26f5f";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Font Awesome - OTF font";