diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
index fd16866ccee..9a003de80f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libevdev-1.3.1";
+  name = "libevdev-1.4.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0hr6xjp7vcnr7lnr1il03235rcslqb95yv7j88qh51q0bwcpcz2b";
+    sha256 = "11dfiz7pkb2jbavr1ba8phn86qavvgf1xwlxmfs69mqxlz4x6yai";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python ];