diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swww/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swww/package.nix
index ca08abbd81d7..ee26b51a9786 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swww/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swww/package.nix
@@ -7,25 +7,31 @@
   libxkbcommon,
   installShellFiles,
   scdoc,
+  wayland-protocols,
+  wayland-scanner,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "swww";
-  version = "0.9.5";
+  version = "0.10.0-unstable-2025-05-27";
 
+  # Fixes build for locating wayland.xml, go back to regular tagged releases at next version bump
+  # https://codeberg.org/LGFae/waybackend/issues/2
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "LGFae";
     repo = "swww";
-    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ldy9HhIsWdtTdvtRLV3qDT80oX646BI4Q+YX5wJXbsc=";
+    rev = "800619eb70c0f4293a5b449103f55a0a3cfe2963";
+    hash = "sha256-zkw1r2mmICkplgXTyN6GckTy0XEBAEoz4H1VQuP8eMU=";
   };
 
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-K1ww0bOD747EDtqYkA0Dlu7cwbjYcPwSXPSqQDbTwZo=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-L2mbQJ0dAiB8+NOATnrPhVrjHvE5zjA1frhPbLUJ3sI=";
 
   buildInputs = [
     lz4
     libxkbcommon
+    wayland-protocols
+    wayland-scanner
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # Integration tests do not work in sandbox environment