diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba274fb..85e797d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ for integration with shells other than Bash. Be sure to also allow
 Put the following lines in your `.envrc`:
 
 ```bash
-if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 2.5.1; then
-  source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/2.5.1/direnvrc" "sha256-puRzug17Ed4JFS2wbpqa3k764QV6xPP6O3A/ez/JpOM="
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 3.0.0; then
+  source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/3.0.0/direnvrc" "sha256-puRzug17Ed4JFS2wbpqa3k764QV6xPP6O3A/ez/JpOM="
 fi
 ```
 
diff --git a/direnvrc b/direnvrc
index c648ceb..4d51c8b 100644
--- a/direnvrc
+++ b/direnvrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 
-NIX_DIRENV_VERSION=2.5.1
+NIX_DIRENV_VERSION=3.0.0
 
 # min required versions
 BASH_MIN_VERSION=5.2
diff --git a/templates/flake/.envrc b/templates/flake/.envrc
index 58f9c87..5c1830e 100644
--- a/templates/flake/.envrc
+++ b/templates/flake/.envrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 2.5.1; then
-    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/2.5.1/direnvrc" "sha256-puRzug17Ed4JFS2wbpqa3k764QV6xPP6O3A/ez/JpOM="
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 3.0.0; then
+    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/3.0.0/direnvrc" "sha256-puRzug17Ed4JFS2wbpqa3k764QV6xPP6O3A/ez/JpOM="
 fi
 use flake