diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index fce0dae6c731..866b1232aef5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ assert expat != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "wayland-${version}";
-  version = "1.15.0";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1c5fnys8hi71cnzjv5k7j0r8gx80p0yyqlrpmn06mmarhnxvwgzb";
+    sha256 = "1xajhxad43izq9f7sbww1hlg42nayijy8xnp21kgpk09c6sw4wjf";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--with-scanner" "--disable-documentation" ];