diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix
index cbce4ad8b05c..34998812363e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-system-monitor";
-  version = "42.0";
+  version = "44.beta";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-system-monitor/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "EyOdIgMiAaIr0pgzxXW2hIFnANLeFooVMCI1d8XAddw=";
+    sha256 = "Egfvkub0i3xayAddrZlqML0YW1Ub2EuIJy6jnUDWD/I=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/fix-paths.patch
index ab6e845ae4bf..967ef5e15542 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/fix-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-system-monitor/fix-paths.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 diff --git a/src/gsm_pkexec.cpp b/src/gsm_pkexec.cpp
-index 868969ba..51eb93b5 100644
+index 5e1edf2f..717d7bf1 100644
 --- a/src/gsm_pkexec.cpp
 +++ b/src/gsm_pkexec.cpp
-@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ gboolean gsm_pkexec_create_root_password_dialog(const char *command)
+@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ gsm_pkexec_create_root_password_dialog (const char *command)
  gboolean
- procman_has_pkexec(void)
+ procman_has_pkexec (void)
  {
--    return g_file_test("/usr/bin/pkexec", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
-+    return g_file_test("/run/wrappers/bin/pkexec", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)
-+        || g_file_test("/usr/bin/pkexec", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
+-  return g_file_test ("/usr/bin/pkexec", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
++  return g_file_test ("/run/wrappers/bin/pkexec", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)
++      || g_file_test ("/usr/bin/pkexec", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
  }
-