diff --git a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index c50fd63..bee1ce1 100644
--- a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3::SDL3)
 		#GIT_TAG f40a530fd9fcdea79986de12d305426c0304d60e # tip 24-12-2024 - systray yay
 		#GIT_TAG f8f8d87bfaf3d8557a5c13e0072964a537569b6c # tip 02-01-2025 - android cam fix
 		#GIT_TAG 22422f7748d5128135995ed34c8f8012861c7332 # tip 07-01-2025 (3.1.8)
-		GIT_TAG 191a6417d581b79cab5698dee84554ea64b5ac61 # tip 14-01-2025 - hotplug asan crash fix
+		#GIT_TAG 191a6417d581b79cab5698dee84554ea64b5ac61 # tip 14-01-2025 - hotplug asan crash fix
+		GIT_TAG 355f69ebfe7a5f44a28e10569589a1d300aad2b5 # tip 15-01-2024 - more recent for continous tray testing
 
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index bcdb93e..acbdbf6 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
     "sdl3": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1736893232,
-        "narHash": "sha256-dJbuiGzVOOft7opVAWKC6LMgmF7PvYNjaCc0RsaRe1M=",
+        "lastModified": 1736977543,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+IqnMZl3GFsgi5O94XjtYDzU6swjVLPducJExi3ZUd4=",
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL",
-        "rev": "191a6417d581b79cab5698dee84554ea64b5ac61",
+        "rev": "355f69ebfe7a5f44a28e10569589a1d300aad2b5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "libsdl-org",
         "repo": "SDL",
-        "rev": "191a6417d581b79cab5698dee84554ea64b5ac61",
+        "rev": "355f69ebfe7a5f44a28e10569589a1d300aad2b5",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 18ec076..53e3a0d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3 = {
-      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL/191a6417d581b79cab5698dee84554ea64b5ac61"; # keep in sync with cmake
+      url = "github:libsdl-org/SDL/355f69ebfe7a5f44a28e10569589a1d300aad2b5"; # keep in sync with cmake
       flake = false;
     };
     sdl3_image = {