diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
index f6da42f1e14b..cb04e6d0bec0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libaccounts-glib";
-  version = "1.26";
+  version = "1.27";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" "py" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "accounts-sso";
     repo = "libaccounts-glib";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-KVKylt+XjLfidsS2KzT7oFXP6rTR528lYAUP8dffu7k=";
+    rev = "VERSION_${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-mLhcwp8rhCGSB1K6rTWT0tuiINzgwULwXINfCbgPKEg=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
   mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dinstall-py-overrides=true"
     "-Dpy-overrides-dir=${placeholder "py"}/${python3.sitePackages}/gi/overrides"
   ];