diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sy/syft/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sy/syft/package.nix
index 7ffd9540356c..5d75c3fa90db 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sy/syft/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sy/syft/package.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "syft";
-  version = "1.39.0";
+  version = "1.40.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "anchore";
     repo = "syft";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-T+oaNXudP+Rj4X2VuSzIjBGsWLrWCwEZMJUs90G87gQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-aU7i+bjOB6lM5/i/lDuncbCiCQdwkQxglgr4lawof1Q=";
     # populate values that require us to use git. By doing this in postFetch we
     # can delete .git afterwards and maintain better reproducibility of the src.
     leaveDotGit = true;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   # hash mismatch with darwin
   proxyVendor = true;
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-2bOgqu4mAq8ig4M4fuTz4u/Jql9vJjILxBy3JsnPZsk=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-W2Ea+2Pq2zPhVSWI/7NlG1/LeNfOE1kUnAB8Kp7AqgM=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];