diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
index 15ebb93e4e8..d9f408bf9ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "playerctl";
-  version = "2.3.1";
+  version = "2.4.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "acrisci";
     repo = "playerctl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "00z5c6amlxd3q42l7x8i0ngl627dxglgg5vikbbhjp9ms34xbxdn";
+    sha256 = "sha256-OiGKUnsKX0ihDRceZoNkcZcEAnz17h2j2QUOSVcxQEY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config gtk-doc docbook_xsl gobject-introspection ];