diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yad/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/yad/default.nix
index 31b8d673a98..2c5a2b808a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/yad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/yad/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 , wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "yad-0.37.0";
+  name = "yad-0.40.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/yad-dialog/files/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0fhqsgml1axaa9avd0hbam5wm77c2c7q1bz4hs7fvyvdnljazvwi";
+    sha256 = "1x0fsv8nfkm8lchdawnf3zw79jaqbnvhv87sk5r8g86knv8vgl62";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [