diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
index fa007c5927c2..04e8e581b634 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/noto-fonts/default.nix
@@ -89,15 +89,17 @@ in
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 ];
     };
   };
-  noto-fonts-emoji = let version = "2018-08-10-unicode11"; in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  noto-fonts-emoji = let
+    version = "unstable-2019-10-22";
+  in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "noto-fonts-emoji";
     inherit version;
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "googlei18n";
       repo = "noto-emoji";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "1y54zsvwf5pqhcd9cl2zz5l52qyswn6kycvrq03zm5kqqsngbw3p";
+      rev = "018aa149d622a4fea11f01c61a7207079da301bc";
+      sha256 = "0qmnnjpp5lza6g5m3ki6hj46p891h9vl42k3acd0qw8i0jj5yn2c";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [ cairo ];