diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index 37b69efaa81e..a99c0f14ecc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gstreamer-1.2.4";
+  name = "gstreamer-1.4.0";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Open source multimedia framework";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gstreamer/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0aa93cqzrhm1z7rkzk343p251ifvih0d0l8xsng2ra3hg1xacz0y";
+    sha256 = "15f68pn2b47x543ih7hj59czgzl4af14j15bgjq8ky145gf9zhr3";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [