diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock-effects.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock-effects.nix
index f186927f29f..6f1f337d23e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock-effects.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock-effects.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , meson
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
@@ -17,22 +16,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swaylock-effects";
-  version = "1.6-3";
+  version = "unstable-2021-10-21";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mortie";
     repo = "swaylock-effects";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-71IX0fC4xCPP6pK63KtvDMb3KoP1rw/Iz3S7BgiLSpg=";
+    rev = "a8fc557b86e70f2f7a30ca9ff9b3124f89e7f204";
+    sha256 = "sha256-GN+cxzC11Dk1nN9wVWIyv+rCrg4yaHnCePRYS1c4JTk=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/mortie/swaylock-effects/commit/dfff235b09b475e79d75a040a0307a359974d360.patch";
-      sha256 = "t8Xz2wRSBlwGtkpWZyIGWX7V/y0P1r/50P8MfauMh4c=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     sed -iE "s/version: '1\.3',/version: '${version}',/" meson.build
   '';
@@ -55,6 +47,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gnxlxnxx ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gnxlxnxx ma27 ];
   };
 }