diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix
index 9b8f1048b13..ff6c8d472e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "accountsservice-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.40";
-  
+  version = "0.6.42";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/accountsservice/accountsservice-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0ayb3y3l25dmwxlh9g071h02mphjfbkvi2k5f635bayb01k7akzh";
+    sha256 = "0zh0kjpdc631qh36plcgpwvnmh9wj8l5cki3aw5r09w6y7198r75";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib intltool libtool makeWrapper