diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
index c0db798c56e..0dbe029bd33 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 with python3Packages;
 buildPythonApplication rec {
-  version = "0.5.0";
+  version = "0.5.1";
   name = "kitty-${version}";
   format = "other";
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     owner = "kovidgoyal";
     repo = "kitty";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1w202rsgswagb3kiqbwg4xixcglip2hhz6wj1qx9x2whi4zl1l68";
+    sha256 = "0zs5b1sxi2f1lgpjs1qvd15gz6m1wfpyqskyyr0vmm4ch3rgp5zz";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ fontconfig glfw ncurses libunistring harfbuzz ];