diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
index 04e714f886ef..f7788eb93cb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "babl-0.1.38";
+  name = "babl-0.1.42";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://ftp.gtk.org/pub/babl/0.1/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "11pfbyzq20596p9sgwraxspg3djg1jzz6wvz4bapf0yyr97jiyd0";
+    sha256 = "1wc7fyj9bfqfiwf1w33g3vv3wcl18pd9cxr9fc0iy391szrsynb8";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;