diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index f646fab8629..225ec6a9456 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
-  version = "1.26.1";
+  version = "1.27.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "0g83qj9siq1vr2v46rzjf3dy2gns9krh6xlh7w3bhrgfk0vqkm11";
+    sha256 = "1r37s6ndxyib644v7nlgha1pkcnz7kxpmlkhh41l5jp4dpc6iik6";
     name = "${name}.deb";
   };
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century";
     homepage = https://atom.io/;
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.offline maintainers.nequissimus maintainers.ysndr ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline nequissimus synthetica ysndr ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
 }