diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/package.nix
index 90752a14da04..1bc606d030bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/package.nix
@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "w0lff";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-f0kXy7/31imgHHqKPmW9K+QrLqroaPaXwlJkzOoezRU=";
+    # Specifying commit hash rather than tag because upstream has
+    # rewritten a tag before:
+    # https://gitlab.com/w0lff/swayws/-/issues/1#note_1342349382
+    rev = "98f0d5c1896b10e890e1727654f1cf3b34a2371e";
+    hash = "sha256-zeM6/x2vjZ2IL+nZz1WBf5yY4C6ovmxyvgVLD54BKVc=";
   };
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-VYT6wV59fraAoJgR/i6GlO8s7LUoehGtxPAggEL1eLo=";
-  # Required patch until upstream fixes https://gitlab.com/w0lff/swayws/-/issues/1
-  cargoPatches = [
-    ./ws-update-Cargo-lock.patch
-  ];
 
   # swayws does not have any tests
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/ws-update-Cargo-lock.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/ws-update-Cargo-lock.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e1d7614e8bfa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayws/ws-update-Cargo-lock.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
-index f01f824..e00d079 100644
---- a/Cargo.lock
-+++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ dependencies = [
-
- [[package]]
- name = "swayws"
--version = "1.1.1"
-+version = "1.2.0"
- dependencies = [
-  "clap",
-  "env_logger",