diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 46c8d319..4e556c18 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs-lib": {
       "locked": {
-        "dir": "lib",
-        "lastModified": 1682879489,
-        "narHash": "sha256-sASwo8gBt7JDnOOstnps90K1wxmVfyhsTPPNTGBPjjg=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "da45bf6ec7bbcc5d1e14d3795c025199f28e0de0",
+        "lastModified": 1681001314,
+        "narHash": "sha256-5sDnCLdrKZqxLPK4KA8+f4A3YKO/u6ElpMILvX0g72c=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs.lib",
+        "rev": "367c0e1086a4eb4502b24d872cea2c7acdd557f4",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
-        "dir": "lib",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs.lib",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5d1447b7..20a3f1b0 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
   description = "Flake basics described using the module system";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs-lib.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable?dir=lib";
+    # nix-community/nixpkgs.lib is equivalent to nixpkgs?dir=lib, except it is
+    # decoupled from its parent directory.
+    #
+    # You may use nixpkgs?dir=lib or even nixpkgs as an input instead, using follows.
+    # See https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.html#flake-inputs
+    #
+    # Ideally fetching a subtree would be an builtins.fetchTree (aka flake inputs)
+    # feature, but that has not been implemented yet, and while take a while to
+    # be widely available.
+    nixpkgs-lib.url = "github:nix-community/nixpkgs.lib";
   };
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs-lib, ... }: {