diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
index 34bd608de8e269..fa3b719b7bb806 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
   fftw,
   fftwSinglePrec,
   hdf5,
-  ilmbase,
   libjpeg,
   libpng,
   libtiff,
-  openexr,
+  openexr_3,
   python3,
 }:
 
@@ -20,28 +19,25 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vigra";
-  version = "unstable-2022-01-11";
+  version = "1.12.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ukoethe";
     repo = "vigra";
-    rev = "093d57d15c8c237adf1704d96daa6393158ce299";
-    sha256 = "sha256-pFANoT00Wkh1/Dyd2x75IVTfyaoVA7S86tafUSr29Og=";
+    rev = "Version-${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ZmHj1BSyoMBCuxI5hrRiBEb5pDUsGzis+T5FSX27UN8=";
   };
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR";
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     boost
     fftw
     fftwSinglePrec
     hdf5
-    ilmbase
     libjpeg
     libpng
     libtiff
-    openexr
+    openexr_3
     python
   ];