diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins/hyprland-plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins/hyprland-plugins.nix
index 1497950a082e..3bc837a2319d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins/hyprland-plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins/hyprland-plugins.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ let
             mkHyprlandPlugin,
           }:
           let
-            version = "0.51.0";
+            version = "0.52.0";
 
             hyprland-plugins-src = fetchFromGitHub {
               owner = "hyprwm";
               repo = "hyprland-plugins";
               tag = "v${version}";
-              hash = "sha256-6jAtMjnWq8kty/dpPbIKxIupUG+WAE2AKMIKhxdLYNo=";
+              hash = "sha256-hr53AWO96ooLCwS1a2v416eT1/aWQZmuQV0ULqhaBTY=";
             };
           in
           mkHyprlandPlugin {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
index c4fefeb7a047..4b6bf834beda 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "branch": "v0.51.1-b",
-  "commit_hash": "71a1216abcc7031776630a6d88f105605c4dc1c9",
-  "commit_message": "[gha] Nix: update inputs",
-  "date": "2025-09-22",
-  "tag": "v0.51.1"
+  "branch": "main",
+  "commit_hash": "f56ec180d3a03a5aa978391249ff8f40f949fb73",
+  "commit_message": "version: bump to 0.52.0",
+  "date": "2025-11-07",
+  "tag": "v0.52.0"
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
index 2797a95b9e4e..f9193601996b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   stdenvAdapters,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   pkg-config,
   makeWrapper,
   cmake,
@@ -91,16 +92,24 @@ assert assertMsg (
 
 customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hyprland" + optionalString debug "-debug";
-  version = "0.51.1";
+  version = "0.52.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hyprwm";
     repo = "hyprland";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-TPlZf0urtvDH4Cb4By06szJmzR4sBlgQATuGQy8bH6U=";
+    hash = "sha256-5jYD01l95U/HTfZMAccAvhSnrWgHIRWEjLi9R4wPIVI=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # NOTE: this is required to make plugins compile. should be removed with the next release.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/commit/522edc87126a48f3ce4891747b6a92a22385b1e7.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-0BAlAVW5isa8gd833PjZdqO/uEpDqdTlu0iZbLP4U9s=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # Fix hardcoded paths to /usr installation
     sed -i "s#/usr#$out#" src/render/OpenGL.cpp