diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
index 50fba87c4c30..f2d9b9dae9ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
@@ -121,9 +121,14 @@ in
       owner = "googlefonts";
       repo = "noto-emoji";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0dy7px7wfl6bqkfzz82jm4gvbjp338ddsx0mwfl6m7z48l7ng4v6";
+      sha256 = "1d6zzk0ii43iqfnjbldwp8sasyx99lbjp1nfgqjla7ixld6yp98l";
     };
 
+    makeFlags = [
+      # TODO(@sternenseemann): remove if afdko is new enough to know about Unicode 14.0
+      "BYPASS_SEQUENCE_CHECK=True"
+    ];
+
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       cairo
       imagemagick