diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
index 4b92c6470eb..50bab580ebf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 let
   ver_maj = "2.30";
-  ver_min = "2";
+  ver_min = "3";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gdk-pixbuf-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1gzczsv41h28is4rrxjfyj1qx8ifp23fq2ckh0k099m9fnhbzfna";
+    sha256 = "1524ayaahni9svn88k8ar0906xyvp6j90dmm22aangjpb4zwaaf2";
   };
 
   # !!! We might want to factor out the gdk-pixbuf-xlib subpackage.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     + stdenv.lib.optionalString (gobjectIntrospection != null) " --enable-introspection=yes"
     ;
 
-  doCheck = false; # broken animation tester
+  doCheck = true;
 
   postInstall = "rm -rf $out/share/gtk-doc";