diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-characters/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-characters/package.nix
index f02abaee04bf..9a406ede97ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-characters/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-characters/package.nix
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-characters";
-  version = "47.0";
+  version = "48.alpha";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-characters/${lib.versions.major version}/gnome-characters-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-a88Foi8w8THYqANbD2PYapVnAHpfbfXOhVa6Bnd7dXQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-2u12r65poP3EFT2xU0zKiAPhZigsk3ZDKzcxjuKXufY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [