diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprpaper/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprpaper/package.nix
index 0ab6330f93d0..1d75881d1519 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprpaper/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprpaper/package.nix
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
 
 gcc15Stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hyprpaper";
-  version = "0.8.1";
+  version = "0.8.1-unstable-2026-01-08";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hyprwm";
     repo = "hyprpaper";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-RDeDDRgmMnmEKJalIovpXKu9urHuCvH8tHP4RsplyXs=";
+    rev = "2953d963bec2ea63b4303e269b472524db46a121";
+    hash = "sha256-vxAZg+NzAKuWZv2yDrTcXrU+klpAcGFo1FvjYb/CqZ8=";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''