diff --git a/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.bin b/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.bin
index 17600aa722..3c9e20b2f5 100644
Binary files a/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.bin and b/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.bin differ
diff --git a/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.jsonc b/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.jsonc
index d068f95560..685c0e16ae 100644
--- a/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.jsonc
+++ b/n/niri/manifest.x86_64.jsonc
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"source-name": "niri",
-	"source-release": "18",
+	"source-release": "19",
 	"source-version": "26.04"
 }
diff --git a/n/niri/pkg/stateless.patch b/n/niri/pkg/stateless.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..412923b7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/n/niri/pkg/stateless.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+commit ca37ae833a15378bce3ff26a463406e053c6715f
+Author: Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>
+Date:   Mon Sep 14 21:19:09 2026 +0300
+
+    niri-session: Change /etc/shells to /usr/share/defaults/shells
+
+diff --git a/resources/niri-session b/resources/niri-session
+index a9a4d9409..451eaa939 100755
+--- a/resources/niri-session
++++ b/resources/niri-session
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -n "${MANAGERPID:-}" ] && [ "${SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID:-}" = "$$" ]; then
+ fi
+ 
+ if [ -n "$SHELL" ] &&
+-   grep -q "$SHELL" /etc/shells &&
++   grep -q "$SHELL" /usr/share/defaults/shells &&
+    ! (echo "$SHELL" | grep -q "false") &&
+    ! (echo "$SHELL" | grep -q "nologin"); then
+   if [ "$1" != '-l' ]; then
diff --git a/n/niri/stone.yaml b/n/niri/stone.yaml
index 67b770c072..ca6aed8360 100644
--- a/n/niri/stone.yaml
+++ b/n/niri/stone.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 name        : niri
 version     : "26.04"
-release     : 18
+release     : 19
 summary     : Niri Desktop Compositor
 license     : GPL-3.0
 homepage    : https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ rundeps    :
     - xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
     - xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
 setup       : |
+    %patch %(pkgdir)/stateless.patch
+
     mkdir .cargo
 
     # To update this you will probably need to update the Smithay ref below. This was generated by using `cargo vendor > .cargo/config.toml`