diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix
index c7f12a8df6cc..41e5eeb8229a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
-{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, lib, stdenv, pkg-config, intltool, libpulseaudio,
-gtkmm3 , libcanberra-gtk3, gnome, wrapGAppsHook }:
+{ fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, lib
+, stdenv
+, pkg-config
+, intltool
+, libpulseaudio
+, gtkmm3
+, libsigcxx
+, libcanberra-gtk3
+, json-glib
+, gnome
+, wrapGAppsHook
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pavucontrol";
-  version = "4.0";
+  version = "5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1qhlkl3g8d7h72xjskii3g1l7la2cavwp69909pzmbi2jyn5pi4g";
+    sha256 = "sha256-zityw7XxpwrQ3xndgXUPlFW9IIcNHTo20gU2ry6PTno=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Can be removed with the next version bump
-    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/-/merge_requests/20
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "streamwidget-fix-drop-down-wayland.patch";
-      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/-/commit/ae278b8643cf1089f66df18713c8154208d9a505.patch";
-      sha256 = "066vhxjz6gmi2sp2n4pa1cdsxjnq6yml5js094g5n7ld34p84dpj";
-  })];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libpulseaudio gtkmm3 libcanberra-gtk3
-                  gnome.adwaita-icon-theme ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpulseaudio
+    gtkmm3
+    libsigcxx
+    libcanberra-gtk3
+    json-glib
+    gnome.adwaita-icon-theme
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config intltool wrapGAppsHook ];