diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/2.40.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/2.44.nix
similarity index 55%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/2.40.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/2.44.nix
index ca37ceb941c..4bef93ff8cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/2.40.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoup/2.44.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, libxml2, sqlite, intltool, python
-, gnomeSupport ? true, libgnome_keyring, glib_networking
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, python, gobjectIntrospection
+, glib, libxml2, sqlite, glib_networking
+, gnomeSupport ? true, libgnome_keyring
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libsoup-2.44.1";
+  name = "libsoup-2.44.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/libsoup/2.44/libsoup-2.44.1.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "07acjwvik3gagcsdjzi85g44ga4pd3nh4ww6722bfzjzvlqw6cn5";
+  meta = {
+    description = "HTTP client/server library";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
   };
 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/libsoup/2.44/libsoup-2.44.2.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "1wwqsmi1jvidiqwbdnjl66nmk1yja8w9dxf9cz10zh56fjmvbr77";
+  };
 
   preConfigure = ''
     substituteInPlace libsoup/tld-parser.py \
       --replace "!/usr/bin/env python" "!${python}/bin/${python.executable}"
   '';
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool python ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool python gobjectIntrospection ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libxml2 sqlite ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals gnomeSupport [ libgnome_keyring ];
+
   passthru.propagatedUserEnvPackages = [ glib_networking ];
 
   # glib_networking is a runtime dependency, not a compile-time dependency
   configureFlags = "--disable-tls-check";
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
-
-  meta = {
-#    inherit (glib.meta) maintainers platforms;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eccce1181de..5a5ca07ba18 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4202,7 +4202,7 @@ let
   geoclue = callPackage ../development/libraries/geoclue {};
 
   geoclue2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/geoclue/2.0.nix {
-    libsoup = libsoup_2_40;
+    libsoup = libsoup_2_44;
   };
 
   geoip = builderDefsPackage ../development/libraries/geoip {
@@ -5050,7 +5050,7 @@ let
   libsodium = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsodium { };
 
   libsoup = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoup { };
-  libsoup_2_40 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoup/2.40.nix { };
+  libsoup_2_44 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoup/2.44.nix { };
 
   libssh = callPackage ../development/libraries/libssh { };