diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
index d1192e700c50..9991fcc75ff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , meson, ninja, pkg-config, wayland-scanner, scdoc
 , wayland, libxkbcommon, pcre2, json_c, libevdev
 , pango, cairo, libinput, gdk-pixbuf, librsvg
-, wlroots_0_16, wayland-protocols, libdrm
+, wlroots, wayland-protocols, libdrm
 , nixosTests
 # Used by the NixOS module:
 , isNixOS ? false
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wayland libxkbcommon pcre2 json_c libevdev
     pango cairo libinput gdk-pixbuf librsvg
     wayland-protocols libdrm
-    (wlroots_0_16.override { inherit enableXWayland; })
+    (wlroots.override { inherit enableXWayland; })
   ] ++ lib.optionals enableXWayland [
     xorg.xcbutilwm
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fcfbf2c27ec0..3f7eb76d0a80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31634,7 +31634,9 @@ with pkgs;
     wlroots_0_16
     wlroots;
 
-  sway-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway { };
+  sway-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway {
+    wlroots = wlroots_0_16;
+  };
   sway = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix { };
   swaybg = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway/bg.nix { };
   swayidle = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix { };