diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/default.nix
index 7dbf6daffa7f..7b82d8acae12 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/default.nix
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.38.6";
+  version = "3.40.1";
   pname = "gpaste";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Keruspe";
     repo = "GPaste";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-6CIzOBq/Y9XKiv/lQAtDYK6bxhT1WxjbXhu4+noO5nI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-coMye/arH0JYgcjf/y3ZS8Bijuivs9m5Z7EiJQJzThk=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch
index c8a3fad2272b..46e30ce2e2cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gpaste/fix-paths.patch
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  
 +imports.gi.GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('@typelibPath@');
 +
- const { GPaste } = imports.gi;
+ //const { GPaste } = imports.gi;
  
  const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 --- a/src/libgpaste/settings/gpaste-settings.c