diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
index da58d844ee89..0af46db0a1c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace meson.build --replace "v1.5" "1.5"
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "v1.5" "1.5" \
+      --replace "wlroots_version = ['>=0.11.0', '<0.12.0']" "wlroots_version = ['>=0.11.0', '<0.13.0']"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
index 67faad8cd74f..13132c8cc1c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wlroots";
-  version = "0.11.0";
+  version = "0.12.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "wlroots";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "08d5d52m8wy3imfc6mdxpx8swhh2k4s1gmfaykg02j59z84awc6p";
+    sha256 = "01j38lmgs2c6fq68v8b75pkilia2wsgzgp46ivfbi9hhx47kgcfn";
   };
 
   # $out for the library and $examples for the example programs (in examples):
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libpng ffmpeg
   ];
 
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dlogind-provider=systemd" ];
+  mesonFlags = [ "-Dlogind-provider=systemd" "-Dlibseat=disabled" ];
 
   postFixup = ''
     # Install ALL example programs to $examples: