diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
index bc917e76f97..486ab79598d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
@@ -5,15 +5,20 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swayidle";
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "swayidle";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "05qi96j58xqxjiighay1d39rfanxcpn6vlynj23mb5dymxvlaq9n";
+    sha256 = "1nd3v8r9549lykdwh4krldfl59lzaspmmai5k1icy7dvi6kkr18r";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "version: '1.5'" "version: '${version}'"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig scdoc ];
   buildInputs = [ wayland wayland-protocols systemd ];