diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
index a58f9bf3c70f..88a308d2b0cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "branch": "v0.52.2-b",
-  "commit_hash": "386376400119dd46a767c9f8c8791fd22c7b6e61",
-  "commit_message": "[gha] Nix: update inputs",
-  "date": "2025-12-03",
-  "tag": "v0.52.2"
+  "branch": "main",
+  "commit_hash": "ea444c35bb23b6e34505ab6753e069de7801cc25",
+  "commit_message": "version: bump to 0.53.0",
+  "date": "2025-12-29",
+  "tag": "v0.53.0"
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
index 3e1cdc33a198..dfd0a3eae580 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   hyprland-qtutils,
   hyprlang,
   hyprutils,
+  hyprwire,
   hyprwayland-scanner,
   libGL,
   libdrm,
@@ -91,14 +92,14 @@ assert assertMsg (
 
 customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hyprland" + optionalString debug "-debug";
-  version = "0.52.2";
+  version = "0.53.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hyprwm";
     repo = "hyprland";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-R2Hm7XbW8CTLEIeYCAlSQ3U5bFhn76FC17hEy/ws8EM=";
+    hash = "sha256-1jZK7hqNhQRqhj+2eb/JvnBoARxUgoVXKLSwp2RPmNQ=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     # Remove extra @PREFIX@ to fix pkg-config paths
     sed -i "s#@PREFIX@/##g" hyprland.pc.in
+    sed -i "s#@PREFIX@/##g" example/hyprland.desktop.in
   '';
 
   # variables used by CMake, and shown in `hyprctl version`
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     hyprwayland-scanner
+    hyprwire
     makeWrapper
     cmake
     # meson + ninja are used to build the hyprland-protocols submodule
@@ -187,13 +190,13 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   strictDeps = true;
 
   cmakeFlags = mapAttrsToList cmakeBool {
+    "BUILT_WITH_NIX" = true;
     "NO_XWAYLAND" = !enableXWayland;
     "NO_SYSTEMD" = !withSystemd;
     "CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS" = true;
     "NO_UWSM" = true;
     "NO_HYPRPM" = true;
     "TRACY_ENABLE" = false;
-    "BUILD_HYPRTESTER" = true;
   };
 
   postInstall = ''