diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix
index 989f49b6d9a8..dbd4fed1474d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, python2, libxslt, texlive
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, python3, libxslt, texlive
 , enableAllFeatures ? false, imagemagick ? null, transfig ? null, inkscape ? null, fontconfig ? null, ghostscript ? null
 
 , tex ? texlive.combine { # satisfy all packages that ./configure mentions
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ assert enableAllFeatures ->
   ghostscript != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dblatex-0.3.11";
+  pname = "dblatex";
+  version = "0.3.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/dblatex/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0rp1bc2lgisigscq1i7zxfd2qdaxxxld6khbcxss4pq7fpi9fzkv";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/dblatex/${pname}3-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0yd09nypswy3q4scri1dg7dr99d7gd6r2dwx0xm81l9f4y32gs0n";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ python2 libxslt tex ]
+  buildInputs = [ python3 libxslt tex ]
     ++ lib.optionals enableAllFeatures [ imagemagick transfig ];
 
   # TODO: dblatex tries to execute texindy command, but nixpkgs doesn't have
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontBuild = true;
 
   installPhase = ''
-    ${python2.interpreter} ./setup.py install --prefix="$out" --use-python-path --verbose
+    ${python3.interpreter} ./setup.py install --prefix="$out" --use-python-path --verbose
   '';
 
   passthru = { inherit tex; };