diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevdev/default.nix
index 3ff40141b16..fd7eef14b65 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-1.4.6";
+  name = "libevdev-1.5.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1lrja526iyg48yw6i0dxdhyj63q9gwbgvj6xk1hskxzrqyhf2akv";
+    sha256 = "1256ypz93039n6km4macg158fpmjgylhmcmk20pnklxicsfpxv7c";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python ];