diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/catfish/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/catfish/default.nix
index 072181595a6f..df072f862080 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/catfish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/catfish/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 { lib, fetchurl, file, which, intltool, gobject-introspection,
-  findutils, xdg-utils, dconf, gtk3, python3Packages,
+  findutils, xdg-utils, dconf, gtk3, python3Packages, xfconf,
   wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "catfish";
-  version = "1.4.13";
+  version = "4.16.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-WMDqBuXyhgGSlVRfv9HbyiOup0xiV2K7tMiab0hK6Dk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-shouFRlD8LGU04sX/qrzghh5R+0SoCw9ZJKvt0gBKms=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     python3Packages.pexpect
     xdg-utils
     findutils
+    xfconf
   ];
 
   # Explicitly set the prefix dir in "setup.py" because setuptools is
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix
index 11ef1c6841d2..c3e7805b112d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/mousepad/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 mkXfceDerivation {
   category = "apps";
   pname = "mousepad";
-  version = "0.5.5";
+  version = "0.5.6";
   odd-unstable = false;
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-ViiibikQ90S47stb3egXwK5JbcMYYiJAsKukMVYvKLE=";
+  sha256 = "sha256-cdM2NHUnN2FITITb4077Je5Z8xwZAJfjmwXfV+WE6jk=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin/default.nix
index 2e275f2b35d9..3e592b60f141 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname  = "xfce4-sensors-plugin";
-  version = "1.3.95";
+  version = "1.4.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://xfce/src/${category}/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-g8ZK5GGN1ZKXHPoLwoWptHr4AaPthWg1zbKkxTPHhGw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-N9DcVp5zXkgqGFRcJOsc4CKdaRDjpNTB3uBoCZkjS+I=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [