diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix
index 07d89b53fa4..36b46030577 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix
@@ -3,24 +3,26 @@
 , glib_networking }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.3.3";
+  version = "1.4.2";
   name = "corebird-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "baedert";
     repo = "corebird";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "09k0jrhjqrmpvyz5pf1g7wkidflkhpvw5869a95vnhfxjd45kzs3";
+    sha256 = "0s28q9c7p4p4jyhb1g6gdwdphlf6yhi6yg4yn8bkd0gmyf9acakb";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
     ./autogen.sh
   '';
 
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-spellcheck" ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk3 json_glib sqlite libsoup gettext vala_0_32 gnome3.rest gnome3.dconf glib_networking
+    gtk3 json_glib sqlite libsoup gettext vala_0_32 gnome3.rest gnome3.dconf gnome3.gspell glib_networking
   ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-libav ]);
 
   meta = {