diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
index e3760533eda..8f96eb8f306 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, openblasCompat, gfortran, gmm, fltk, libjpeg
 , zlib, libGLU_combined, libGLU, xorg }:
 
-let version = "4.2.1"; in
+let version = "4.2.2"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gmsh-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://gmsh.info/src/gmsh-${version}-source.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1f11481e68900dc256f88aaed18d03e93b416ba01e9e8c3dc3f6d59a211f0561";
+    sha256 = "e9ee9f5c606bbec5f2adbb8c3d6023c4e2577f487fa4e4ecfcfc94a241cc8dcc";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake openblasCompat gmm fltk libjpeg zlib libGLU_combined