diff --git a/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix
index 2b8e0a5e76a6..c7ea8b34a66f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/squeekboard/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "squeekboard";
-  version = "1.22.0";
+  version = "1.38.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
@@ -32,23 +32,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "Phosh";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Rk6LOCZ5bhoo5ORAIIYWENrKUIVypd8bnKjyyBSbUYg=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZVSnLH2wLPcOHkU2pO0BgIdGmULMNiacIYMRmhN+bZ8=";
   };
 
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
     inherit src;
-    cargoUpdateHook = ''
-      cat Cargo.toml.in Cargo.deps.newer > Cargo.toml
-      cp Cargo.lock.newer Cargo.lock
-    '';
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DygWra4R/w8KzkFzIVm4+ePpUpjiYGaDx2NQm6o+tWQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-tcn1tRuRlHVTYvc8T/ePfCEPNjih6B9lo/hdX+WwitQ=";
   };
 
-  mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dnewer=true"
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja