diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
index 24b7ff15df25..a1f2a9a28589 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/info.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "branch": "v0.53.3-b",
-  "commit_hash": "dd220efe7b1e292415bd0ea7161f63df9c95bfd3",
-  "commit_message": "version: bump to 0.53.3",
-  "date": "2026-01-24",
-  "tag": "v0.53.3"
+  "branch": "main",
+  "commit_hash": "0002f148c9a4fe421a9d33c0faa5528cdc411e62",
+  "commit_message": "version: bump to 0.54.0",
+  "date": "2026-02-27",
+  "tag": "v0.54.0"
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
index 36ffdb3fc71d..935c1609ad38 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ assert assertMsg (
 
 customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hyprland" + optionalString debug "-debug";
-  version = "0.53.3";
+  version = "0.54.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hyprwm";
     repo = "hyprland";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-as2crdrJUVOawO8XkWJEZBUNaFdPS8QuQiccTkM1la0=";
+    hash = "sha256-wfiduannx1mWvsGAfuMk8ipOU3AAFuJYPNV4D++dhPY=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hyprwire
     makeWrapper
     cmake
-    # meson + ninja are used to build the hyprland-protocols submodule
-    meson
-    ninja
     pkg-config
     wayland-scanner
     # for udis86
@@ -166,10 +163,11 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       hyprutils
       libGL
       libdrm
+      libgbm
       libinput
       libuuid
+      libxcursor
       libxkbcommon
-      libgbm
       muparser
       pango
       pciutils
@@ -177,15 +175,14 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       tomlplusplus
       wayland
       wayland-protocols
-      libxcursor
     ]
     (optionals customStdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD [ epoll-shim ])
     (optionals customStdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [ libexecinfo ])
     (optionals enableXWayland [
       libxcb
-      libxdmcp
       libxcb-errors
       libxcb-wm
+      libxdmcp
       xwayland
     ])
     (optionals withSystemd [ systemd ])
@@ -202,7 +199,6 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "NO_SYSTEMD" = !withSystemd;
     "CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS" = true;
     "NO_UWSM" = !withSystemd;
-    "NO_HYPRPM" = true;
     "TRACY_ENABLE" = false;
   };