diff --git a/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix
index c884c39dafa2..df5b2ca31862 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openloco/default.nix
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@
 , libzip
 , openal
 , pkg-config
-, span-lite
 , yaml-cpp
+, fmt
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "openloco";
-  version = "23.02";
+  version = "24.01.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "OpenLoco";
     repo = "OpenLoco";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-35g7tnKez4tnTdZzavfU+X8f3btFG6EbLkU+cqL6Qek=";
+    hash = "sha256-QkJmJGObp5irk66SSGTxjydcp3sPaCbxcjcU3XGTVfo=";
   };
 
   # the upstream build process determines the version tag from git; since we
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libzip
     openal
     yaml-cpp
-    span-lite
+    fmt
   ];
 
   meta = {