diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index 5d8d98af8d3..96175d04a4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ let
     ln -sr -t "''${!outputInclude}/include/" "''${!outputInclude}"/lib/*/include/* 2>/dev/null || true
   '';
 
-  ver_maj = "2.50";
-  ver_min = "3";
+  ver_maj = "2.52";
+  ver_min = "1";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/glib/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "82ee94bf4c01459b6b00cb9db0545c2237921e3060c0b74cff13fbc020cfd999";
+    sha256 = "948c26b817f2d77e2a6cdd5082c60a51bf5dea854890286a1d5d4ccde5ce586f";
   };
 
   patches = optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-compilation.patch ++ optional doCheck ./skip-timer-test.patch;