diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 6f1453de55a4..c31cbebc5d45 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@
 
 - `racket_7_9` has been removed, as it is insecure. It is recommended to use Racket 8 instead.
 
+- `rofi` has been updated from 1.7.5 to 1.7.6 which introduces some breaking changes to binary plugins, and also contains a lot of new features and bug fixes. This is highlighted because the patch version bump does not indicate the volume of changes by itself. See the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases/tag/1.7.6) for the full list of changes.
+
 - `ente-auth` now uses the name `enteauth` for its binary. The previous name was `ente_auth`.
 
 - `fluxus` has been removed, as it depends on `racket_7_9` and had no updates in 9 years.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
index 3aedaeb2eece..5d97aa99a513 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
   git,
   cairo,
   libxcb,
+  xcb-util-cursor,
+  xcbutilkeysyms,
   xcbutil,
   xcbutilwm,
   xcbutilxrm,
-  xcb-util-cursor,
   libstartup_notification,
   bison,
   flex,
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rofi-unwrapped";
-  version = "1.7.5";
+  version = "1.7.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "davatorium";
     repo = "rofi";
     rev = version;
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-3XFusKeckagEPfbLtt1xAVTEfn1Qebdi/Iq1AYbHCR4=";
+    hash = "sha256-hT9FMCAwY8hZx4y1l0vHfcReIJUBxSmixZJhKP8nRpw=";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     check
     libstartup_notification
     libxcb
+    xcb-util-cursor
+    xcbutilkeysyms
     xcbutil
     xcbutilwm
     xcbutilxrm
-    xcb-util-cursor
     which
   ];