diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix
index 25d2d89add0..7bcc62af6ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libxkbcommon";
-  version = "1.3.1";
+  version = "1.4.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://xkbcommon.org/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0d4jzq0zv1xmng0z0q5lb4rz03ikgxdwi68k3r70ac16gb911ixk";
+    sha256 = "0ca00awfzvxiznvd4mgwgxyqxiwvi07j5xxmg5z0l47rcd9fqv0h";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];