diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/default.nix
index 9f92ed5fd459..d6e647591729 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , fetchurl
 , fetchpatch
 , meson
@@ -21,16 +22,25 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libwnck";
-  version = "40.1";
+  version = "43.0";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
   outputBin = "dev";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "AxNPoRTvP740B1qoNnj1iqLevp/O9OojwHeeKGAdZhE=";
+    sha256 = "kFvNuFhH1rj4hh5WswzW3GHq5n7O9M2ZSp+SWiaiwf4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # bamfdaemon crashes with libwnck3 43.0
+    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwnck3/+bug/1990263
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libwnck/-/commit/6ceb684442eb26e3bdb8a38bf52264ad55f96a7b.patch";
+      sha256 = "/1wCnElCrZB7XTDW/l3dxMKZ9czGnukbGu4/aQStoXE=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja