diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-font-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-font-viewer/default.nix
index 4ba915df2dbd..fe007c3581d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-font-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-font-viewer/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, meson, ninja, gettext, fetchurl
-, pkg-config, gtk3, glib, libxml2, gnome-desktop, adwaita-icon-theme, libhandy
-, wrapGAppsHook, gnome, harfbuzz }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, meson
+, ninja
+, gettext
+, fetchurl
+, pkg-config
+, gtk4
+, glib
+, libxml2
+, gnome-desktop
+, libadwaita
+, wrapGAppsHook4
+, gnome
+, harfbuzz
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-font-viewer";
-  version = "41.0";
+  version = "42.beta";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-font-viewer/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "XdQQMxvgcOTgNDl/J1SYDgc4UdUKIRny+/lq3G/i6HY=";
+    sha256 = "aNUBFJ63k+T8a7lqnYZZdja98Q6eKCA+LmT2QUPNSmk=";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config gettext wrapGAppsHook libxml2 ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk3 glib gnome-desktop adwaita-icon-theme harfbuzz libhandy ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    gettext
+    wrapGAppsHook4
+    libxml2
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk4
+    glib
+    gnome-desktop
+    harfbuzz
+    libadwaita
+  ];
 
   # Do not run meson-postinstall.sh
   preConfigure = "sed -i '2,$ d'  meson-postinstall.sh";
@@ -28,8 +55,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Program that can preview fonts and create thumbnails for fonts";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer";
     maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }