diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix
index a67f04473c8..2680f223758 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cinnamon-common";
-  version = "4.4.1";
+  version = "4.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "linuxmint";
     repo = "cinnamon";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0sv7nqd1l6c727qj30dcgdkvfh1wxpszpgmbdyh58ilmc8xklnqd";
+    sha256 = "149lhg953fa0glm250f76z2jzyaabh97jxiqkjnqvsk6bjk1d0bw";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     # TODO: review if we really need this all
-    (python3.withPackages (pp: with pp; [ dbus-python setproctitle pygobject3 pycairo xapp pillow pytz tinycss pam pexpect ]))
+    (python3.withPackages (pp: with pp; [ dbus-python setproctitle pygobject3 pycairo xapp pillow pytz tinycss2 pam pexpect distro ]))
     atk
     cacert
     cinnamon-control-center