diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
index f7a70bce61a..30012970d78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.4.2",
+  "version": "1.5.0",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
index f03849a9cd6..de941d94fc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 
 let
   executableName = "riot-desktop";
-  version = "1.4.2";
+  version = "1.5.0";
   riot-web-src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "riot-web";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1s1m2jbcax92pql9yzw3kxdmn97a2xnas49rw3n1vldkla2wx4zx";
+    sha256 = "1xi5zg3602d7gdjxskpk2q3anpn2drrkxyirfvi9mzcfp2r05557";
   };
 
 in yarn2nix-moretea.mkYarnPackage rec {