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 b9017c12d60b..cfc38fb4ae7e 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": "1.3.5",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
index 1fde990e4a87..885e90a98c44 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/riot/riot-desktop.nix
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 
 let
   executableName = "riot-desktop";
-  version = "1.3.5";
+  version = "1.4.0";
   riot-web-src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "riot-web";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "05xwp6062lvjsy539swa6dxj3k3dw1667nkx8ffwdl1dg17wphy8";
+    sha256 = "1p8bl7v2214shywn53fpcb27vvvdjrs3kcys3f045v2l5fg5xhsa";
   };
 
 in yarn2nix-moretea.mkYarnPackage rec {