diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix
index 124c1abe6f9c..93f5b788c7ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/cagebreak/default.nix
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cagebreak";
-  version = "1.8.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "project-repo";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-tWfHJajAOYZJ73GckZWWTdVz75YmHA7t/qDhM7+tJgk=";
+    hash = "sha256-YaLGRlvppTUCSHFlt3sEfHgN3pYHuc5oGt3dt0DDw3I=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -63,14 +63,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dxwayland=${lib.boolToString withXwayland}"
   ];
 
-  # TODO: investigate why is this happening
   postPatch = ''
+    # TODO: investigate why is this happening
     sed -i -e 's|<drm_fourcc.h>|<libdrm/drm_fourcc.h>|' *.c
-  '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    install -d $out/share/cagebreak/
-    install -m644 $src/examples/config $out/share/cagebreak/
+    # Patch cagebreak to read its default configuration from $out/share/cagebreak
+    sed -i "s|/etc/xdg/cagebreak|$out/share/cagebreak|" meson.build cagebreak.c
   '';
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString withXwayland ''