diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/zls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/zls/default.nix
index 0fbe7bc31140e..8f9757f6083cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/zls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/zls/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zls";
-  version = "unstable-2021-06-06";
+  version = "unstable-2021-12-23";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zigtools";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "39d87188647bd8c8eed304ee18f2dd1df6942f60";
-    sha256 = "sha256-22N508sVkP1OLySAijhtTPzk2fGf+FVnX9LTYRbRpB4=";
+    rev = "cb4e74213480113ea1af78aff70a90ba41777653";
+    sha256 = "sha256-MVo21qNCZop/HXBqrPcosGbRY+W69KNCc1DfnH47GsI=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a9e8217db9ab5..191272d884479 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15704,10 +15704,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ytt = callPackage ../development/tools/ytt {};
 
-  zls = callPackage ../development/tools/zls {
-    zig = zig_0_8_1;
-  };
-
+  zls = callPackage ../development/tools/zls { };
   zydis = callPackage ../development/libraries/zydis { };
 
   winpdb = callPackage ../development/tools/winpdb { };