diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
index 2569300ccc32..08e9d9422459 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "dmenu-wayland-unstable";
-  version = "2022-11-04";
+  pname = "dmenu-wayland";
+  version = "unstable-2023-05-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nyyManni";
     repo = "dmenu-wayland";
-    rev = "b60047236ef7a4e5dcde6c4ac0dcfaa070d90041";
-    sha256 = "sha256-CeJWLBPAzE3JITVuS6f4CQxLz9v09WvfG3O0wErJJS4=";
+    rev = "a380201dff5bfac2dace553d7eaedb6cea6855f9";
+    hash = "sha256-dqFvU2mRYEw7n8Fmbudwi5XMLQ7mQXFkug9D9j4FIrU=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config makeWrapper wayland-scanner ];
   buildInputs = [ cairo pango wayland-protocols glib wayland libxkbcommon ];
 
-  # Patch to support cross-compilation, see https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland/pull/23/
   patches = [
     # can be removed when https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland/pull/23 is included
     (fetchpatch {
+      name = "support-cross-compilation.patch";
       url = "https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland/commit/3434410de5dcb007539495395f7dc5421923dd3a.patch";
       sha256 = "sha256-im16kU8RWrCY0btYOYjDp8XtfGEivemIPlhwPX0C77o=";
     })
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    description = "dmenu for wayland-compositors";
+    description = "An efficient dynamic menu for wayland (wlroots)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
   };
 }