diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix
index 3aee9e9dcdf..6231b8315cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/ng.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 vte.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
   name = "vte-ng-${version}";
-  version = "0.50.2.a";
+  version = "0.54.2.a";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "thestinger";
     repo = "vte-ng";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0i6hfzw9sq8521kz0l7lld2km56r0bfp1hw6kxq3j1msb8z8svcf";
+    sha256 = "1r7d9m07cpdr4f7rw3yx33hmp4jmsk0dn5byq5wgksb2qjbc4ags";
   };
 
   preConfigure = oldAttrs.preConfigure + "; NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh";