diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
index 1f489b7fbc71..4f077a4bc95e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,38 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , autoreconfHook
 , cairo
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , giflib
 , glib
 , gtk2-x11
 , libjpeg
 , libpcap
 , libpng
-, libwebsockets
-, pkg-config
 , libuv
+, libwebsockets
+, libwebp
 , openssl
+, pkg-config
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "driftnet";
-  version = "1.3.0";
+  version = "1.4.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "deiv";
     repo = "driftnet";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0kd22aqb25kf54jjv3ml8wy8xm7lmbf0xz1wfp31m08cbzsbizib";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-szmezYnszlRanq8pMD0CIGA+zTYGSwSHcDaZ2Gx1KCA=";
   };
 
-  # https://github.com/deiv/driftnet/pull/33
-  # remove on version bump from 1.3.0
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-darwin-build";
-      url = "https://github.com/deiv/driftnet/pull/33/commits/bef5f3509ab5710161e9e21ea960a997eada534f.patch";
-      sha256 = "1b7p9fkgp7dxv965l7q7y632s80h3nnrkaqnak2h0hakwv0i4pvm";
-    })
-    # https://github.com/deiv/driftnet/issues/37
-    ./libwebsockets-4.3.0.patch
-  ];
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     cairo
@@ -51,16 +42,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libjpeg
     libpcap
     libpng
-    libwebsockets
-    openssl
     libuv
+    libwebsockets
+    libwebp
+    openssl
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Watches network traffic, and picks out and displays JPEG and GIF images for display";
     homepage = "https://github.com/deiv/driftnet";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/deiv/driftnet/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
 }