diff --git a/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash
index 93d40a919c..645d6d8f25 100644
--- a/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash
+++ b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-April/043581.html
-sha256  71fd4de05e79f9a1ca559fac30c1f8365fa10346422f9fe795f74d77b9ef7e92  wayland-protocols-1.36.tar.xz
-sha512  5448b9aedc953ce6be0f378da900c195c8743cb6001f615823b5fc9cab3e3ee54271132055743278e10decef7f8e9dcdeef31593a2a12062575fb90eb0084be0  wayland-protocols-1.36.tar.xz
+# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2024-December/043920.html
+sha256  e1dcdcbbf08e2e0a8a02ee5d9a0be3a6aafc39a4b51fa7e0d2f1a16411cb72fa  wayland-protocols-1.39.tar.xz
+sha512  480a195ec0846400d93160e3d0a7ba12948ed841835ee4661f54b0101ae0027affd9c0f660a73244786fecd70e4f609830489a6b95e00d750cf2379734aacbe0  wayland-protocols-1.39.tar.xz
 sha256  f1a2b233e8a9a71c40f4aa885be08a0842ac85bb8588703c1dd7e6e6502e3124  COPYING
diff --git a/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk
index c0dfe69401..b04693978d 100644
--- a/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk
+++ b/package/wayland-protocols/wayland-protocols.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_VERSION = 1.36
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_VERSION = 1.39
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_SITE = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/releases/$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_VERSION)/downloads
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_SOURCE = wayland-protocols-$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_LICENSE = MIT
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
+# needs wayland-scanner
+WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-wayland
 
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_CONF_OPTS = -Dtests=false