diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9f8ac5677cf..fc342922fe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2764,17 +2764,17 @@ in modules // {
 
   bugwarrior = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "bugwarrior-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.2";
+    version = "1.4.0";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/b/bugwarrior/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "efe41756c152789f39006f157add9bedfa2b85d2cac15c067e635e37c70cb8f8";
+      sha256 = "1jkz5vzbwspi1jcb3qsgcl619yip77khb696pc3ryk0pdhjhgs5w";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ mock unittest2 nose /* jira megaplan */ ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
       twiggy requests2 offtrac bugzilla taskw dateutil pytz keyring six
-      jinja2 pycurl dogpile_cache lockfile click
+      jinja2 pycurl dogpile_cache lockfile click pyxdg
     ];
 
     # for the moment jira>=0.22 and megaplan>=1.4 are missing for running the test suite.