diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigcxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigcxx/default.nix
index a127e7322eb7..610d14568ae5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigcxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigcxx/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnum4 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libsigc++-2.2.11";
+  name = "libsigc++-2.3.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libsigc++/2.2/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0ms93q7r8zznsqkfdj1ds9533f0aqfaw3kdkqv154rzmfigh8d4q";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libsigc++/2.3/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "14q3sq6d43f6wfcmwhw4v1aal4ba0h5x9v6wkxy2dnqznd95il37";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gnum4 ];