diff --git a/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix
index d6e606324c4..fc446892129 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/brightnessctl/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "brightnessctl";
-  version = "0.4";
+  version = "0.5.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Hummer12007";
     repo = "brightnessctl";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1n1gb8ldgqv3vs565yhk1w4jfvrviczp94r8wqlkv5q6ab43c8w9";
+    sha256 = "0immxc7almmpg80n3bdn834p3nrrz7bspl2syhb04s3lawa5y2lq";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];