diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/sway.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/sway.nix
index 33e252be45f8..7e646f8737d6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/sway.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/sway.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ in {
       type = with types; listOf package;
       default = with pkgs; [
         swaylock swayidle
-        xwayland rxvt_unicode dmenu
+        xwayland alacritty dmenu
+        rxvt_unicode # For backward compatibility (old default terminal)
       ];
       defaultText = literalExample ''
         with pkgs; [ swaylock swayidle xwayland rxvt_unicode dmenu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix
index ce4031b92f56..fe5e9c4e2e34 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cage/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
 , meson, ninja, pkgconfig, makeWrapper
 , wlroots, wayland, wayland-protocols, pixman, libxkbcommon
 , systemd, libGL, libX11
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "cage";
-  version = "0.1.1";
+  pname = "cage-unstable";
+  version = "2020-01-18";
+  # The last stable release (0.1.1) would require at least the following 3 patches:
+  # - https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/commit/33bb3c818c5971777b6f09d8821e7f078d38d262.patch
+  # - https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/commit/51e6c760da51e2b885737d61a61cdc965bb9269d.patch
+  # - https://github.com/Hjdskes/cage/commit/84216ca2a417b237ad61c11e2f3ebbcb91681ece.patch
+  # Which need to be adapted due to other changes. At this point it seems
+  # better to use the current master version until the next stable release.
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Hjdskes";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1vp4mfkflrjmlgyx5mkbzdi3iq58m76q7l9dfrsk85xn0642d6q1";
+    repo = "cage";
+    rev = "cc1f975c442ebd691b70196d76aa120ead717810";
+    sha256 = "1gkqx26pvlw00b3fgx6sh87yyjfzyj51jwxvbf9k117npkrf4b2g";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
index c9427fbf695c..a020c10a3485 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sway-unwrapped";
-  version = "1.2";
+  version = "1.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "sway";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0vch2zm5afc76ia78p3vg71zr2fyda67l9hd2h0x1jq3mnvfbxnd";
+    sha256 = "11qf89y3q92g696a6f4d23qb44gqixg6qxq740vwv2jw59ms34ja";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
index bc917e76f974..486ab79598df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
@@ -5,15 +5,20 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swayidle";
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "swayidle";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "05qi96j58xqxjiighay1d39rfanxcpn6vlynj23mb5dymxvlaq9n";
+    sha256 = "1nd3v8r9549lykdwh4krldfl59lzaspmmai5k1icy7dvi6kkr18r";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "version: '1.5'" "version: '${version}'"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig scdoc ];
   buildInputs = [ wayland wayland-protocols systemd ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock.nix
index fe445a6b7adf..dcff3a5c47f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/lock.nix
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swaylock";
-  version = "1.4";
+  version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "swaylock";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1ii9ql1mxkk2z69dv6bg1x22nl3a46iww764wqjiv78x08xpk982";
+    sha256 = "0r95p4w11dwm5ra614vddz83r8j7z6gd120z2vcchy7m9b0f15kf";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -iE "s/version: '1\.3',/version: '${version}',/" meson.build
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "version: '1.4'" "version: '${version}'"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig scdoc ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
index a567e66285cc..9f9c4acb0d85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, fetchpatch
 , wayland, libGL, wayland-protocols, libinput, libxkbcommon, pixman
 , xcbutilwm, libX11, libcap, xcbutilimage, xcbutilerrors, mesa
-, libpng, ffmpeg_4, freerdp
+, libpng, ffmpeg_4
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wlroots";
-  version = "0.8.1";
+  version = "0.10.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "wlroots";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1ak86kx617c81dy85wg9rldy1z3n8ch93cjc05a4j6sifv0nkyfm";
+    sha256 = "0c0q1p9yss5kx4430ik3n89drqpmm2bvgl8fjlf6prac1a7xzqn8";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # add missing header that changed in mesa-19.2.2
-    # https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/issues/1862
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/commit/d113e48a2a32542fe6e12f1759f07888364609bf.diff";
-      sha256 = "1h09j1gmnzlz4py92a92chgy8xzsd8h8xn5irq9s2hq4cla66h87";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # $out for the library and $examples for the example programs (in examples):
   outputs = [ "out" "examples" ];
 
@@ -32,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     wayland libGL wayland-protocols libinput libxkbcommon pixman
     xcbutilwm libX11 libcap xcbutilimage xcbutilerrors mesa
-    libpng ffmpeg_4 freerdp
+    libpng ffmpeg_4
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [