diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
index 8c1ae0b35924..da23359b6469 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
@@ -5,20 +5,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swayidle";
-  version = "1.6";
+  version = "1.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "swayidle";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1nd3v8r9549lykdwh4krldfl59lzaspmmai5k1icy7dvi6kkr18r";
+    sha256 = "0ziya8d5pvvxg16jhy4i04pvq11bdvj68gz5q654ar4dldil17nn";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace meson.build \
-      --replace "version: '1.5'" "version: '${version}'"
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config scdoc wayland-scanner ];
   buildInputs = [ wayland wayland-protocols systemd ];