diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix
index 38ddc1ff431..6de12a84522 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/distcc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, popt, avahi, pkg-config, python3, gtk2, runCommand
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, popt, avahi, pkg-config, python3, gtk3, runCommand
 , gcc, autoconf, automake, which, procps, libiberty_static
 , runtimeShell
 , sysconfDir ? ""   # set this parameter to override the default value $out/etc
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@
 
 let
   name    = "distcc";
-  version = "2016-02-24";
+  version = "2021-03-11";
   distcc = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "${name}-${version}";
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "distcc";
       repo = "distcc";
-      rev = "b2fa4e21b4029e13e2c33f7b03ca43346f2cecb8";
-      sha256 = "1vj31wcdas8wy52hy6749mlrca9v6ynycdiigx5ay8pnya9z73c6";
+      rev = "de21b1a43737fbcf47967a706dab4c60521dbbb1";
+      sha256 = "0zjba1090awxkmgifr9jnjkxf41zhzc4f6mrnbayn3v6s77ca9x4";
     };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-    buildInputs = [popt avahi pkg-config python3 gtk2 autoconf automake which procps libiberty_static];
+    buildInputs = [popt avahi pkg-config python3 gtk3 autoconf automake which procps libiberty_static];
     preConfigure =
     ''
       export CPATH=$(ls -d ${gcc.cc}/lib/gcc/*/${gcc.cc.version}/plugin/include)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let
                             ${if static then "LDFLAGS=-static" else ""}
                             --with${if static == true || popt == null then "" else "out"}-included-popt
                             --with${if avahi != null then "" else "out"}-avahi
-                            --with${if gtk2 != null then "" else "out"}-gtk
+                            --with${if gtk3 != null then "" else "out"}-gtk
                             --without-gnome
                             --enable-rfc2553
                             --disable-Werror   # a must on gcc 4.6