diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 26deee3b859..0a7e362e75a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 let
   versions = {
     atom = {
-      version = "1.36.1";
-      sha256 = "1m7q2r3zx463k7kpqb364piqrr69wrhs033ibzxdx9y7r4204qp4";
+      version = "1.42.0";
+      sha256 = "1ira528nwxi30jfwyivlac3wkkqb9d2z4jhxwq5m7mnpm5yli6jy";
     };
 
     atom-beta = {
-      version = "1.37.0";
+      version = "1.43.0";
       beta = 0;
-      sha256 = "0aq8r5vfgq7r31qajjgcg4n5a57a2m8fvq6fzy9vq5gawkvmaxxx";
+      sha256 = "06if3w5hx7njmyal0012zawn8f5af1z4bjcbzj2c0gd15nlsgm95";
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
index 46dd4a22864..cf783053679 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, lib, zlib, glib, alsaLib, dbus, gtk3, atk, pango, freetype, fontconfig
 , libgnome-keyring3, gdk-pixbuf, cairo, cups, expat, libgpgerror, nspr
-, gconf, nss, xorg, libcap, systemd, libnotify, libsecret
+, gconf, nss, xorg, libcap, systemd, libnotify, libsecret, libuuid, at-spi2-atk
 }:
 
 let
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
     xorg.libXrender xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXdamage xorg.libXtst
     xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXi xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXrandr
     xorg.libXcursor xorg.libxkbfile xorg.libXScrnSaver libcap systemd libnotify
-    xorg.libxcb libsecret
+    xorg.libxcb libsecret libuuid at-spi2-atk
   ];
 
   libPathNative = lib.makeLibraryPath packages;