diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
index 390b61d8d36..d036050a476 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.5.15",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-yarndeps.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-yarndeps.nix
index e1dce803b40..0db687dff0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-yarndeps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop-yarndeps.nix
@@ -610,11 +610,11 @@
       };
     }
     {
-      name = "minimist___minimist_1.2.2.tgz";
+      name = "minimist___minimist_1.2.3.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
-        name = "minimist___minimist_1.2.2.tgz";
-        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.2.tgz";
-        sha1 = "b00a00230a1108c48c169e69a291aafda3aacd63";
+        name = "minimist___minimist_1.2.3.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.3.tgz";
+        sha1 = "3db5c0765545ab8637be71f333a104a965a9ca3f";
       };
     }
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
index a30df623050..3b4f968c129 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 let
   executableName = "riot-desktop";
-  version = "1.5.15";
+  version = "1.6.0";
   riot-web-src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "riot-web";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "08yk5is6n9ci1jml0b94a3swdybx01k5klbl30i1b76biyn75m77";
+    sha256 = "16zm6l4c7vkfdlxh6gdw531k5r4v3mb0h66q41h94dvmj79dz2bj";
   };
   electron = electron_7;