diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix
index 09f8da17e096..124cd644467e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-desktop/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mate-desktop-${version}";
-  version = "1.20.3";
+  version = "1.21.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${mate.getRelease version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "132z1wwmh5115cpgkx9w6hzkk87f1vh66paaf3b2d2qfci7myffs";
+    sha256 = "0qd76p5zqgifiawkgv2casb9ll55j4qq4pfxgxj3j5zvjr3dgr47";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [