diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix
index bcfbe53b565..631287e86a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "kakoune-unstable-${version}";
-  version = "2018.10.27";
+  version = "2019.01.20";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "kakoune";
     owner = "mawww";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1w7jmq57h8gxxbzg0n3lgd6cci77xb9mziy6lr8330nzqc85zp9p";
+    sha256 = "04ak1jm7b1i03sx10z3fxw08rn692y2fj482jn5kpzfzj91b2ila";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses asciidoc docbook_xsl libxslt ];