diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
index 67753b6e3710..49c43d47741f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
@@ -3,27 +3,20 @@
 , cairo, dbus, systemd, gdk-pixbuf, glib, libX11, libXScrnSaver
 , wayland, wayland-protocols
 , libXinerama, libnotify, pango, xorgproto, librsvg
+, testVersion, dunst
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dunst";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dunst-project";
     repo = "dunst";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-BWbvGetXXCXbfPRY+u6gEfzBmX8PLSnI6a5vfCByiC0=";
+    sha256 = "0v15fhwzcg7zfn092sry0f4qb6dccz9bb312y9dadg745wf3n9qw";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # fixes double free (https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst/issues/957)
-      url = "https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst/commit/dc8efbbaff0e9ba881fa187a01bfe5c033fbdcf9.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-xuODOFDP9Eqr3g8OtNnaMmTihhurfj2NLeZPr0TF4vY=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkg-config which systemd makeWrapper ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -47,6 +40,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testVersion { package = dunst; };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Lightweight and customizable notification daemon";
     homepage = "https://dunst-project.org/";