diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
index 526efc65f6a4..de7074d12b51 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nix-direnv/default.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nix-direnv";
-  version = "1.2.6";
+  version = "1.4.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nix-community";
     repo = "nix-direnv";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-0dCIHgoyNgpxbrPDv26oLdU+npcIgpCQdpX4HzS0vN0=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BKiuYvxgY2P7GK59jul5l0kHNrJtD2jmsMGmX0+09hY=";
   };
 
   # Substitute instead of wrapping because the resulting file is