diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/meson.build b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/meson.build
index 1db9546491ce..a551018bad0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/meson.build
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(
         'werror=true'
     ],
     license: 'Apache-2.0',
-    version: '20210223'
+    version: '1.7'
 )
 
 library(
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/package.nix
index dfd96c7ce58a..6f3c8fbe729f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frozen/package.nix
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@
   ninja,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "frozen";
-  # pin to a newer release if frozen releases again, see cesanta/frozen#72
-  version = "unstable-2021-02-23";
+  version = "1.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cesanta";
     repo = "frozen";
-    rev = "21f051e3abc2240d9a25b2add6629b38e963e102";
-    hash = "sha256-BpuYK9fbWSpeF8iPT8ImrV3CKKaA5RQ2W0ZQ03TciR0=";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-dOQb6wVufkqOSVZa2o8A1DLad0zvo2xQzmu09J2ZT7E=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -41,4 +40,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thillux ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-}
+})