diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
index 751fae4d6336..5149f3a90520 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gnome-shell";
-  version = "49.4";
+  version = "50.0";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-shell/${lib.versions.major finalAttrs.version}/gnome-shell-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-nW8MovAUDBFPEU9nB0E2EfYU+x6mwxeo0fzEDDxZWwg=";
+    hash = "sha256-hZUvvUkpz+YTuHayI34NE0ZLDCeIuKmGf7UcJgJVsOM=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/shew-gir-path.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/shew-gir-path.patch
index b3a55bcc291e..6efdff420d04 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/shew-gir-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/shew-gir-path.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 --- a/subprojects/libshew/src/meson.build
 +++ b/subprojects/libshew/src/meson.build
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ shew_sources = [
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ shew_sources = [
  libshew = library(full_name,
    sources: shew_sources,
-   dependencies: [gtk_dep, x11_dep],
+   dependencies: [gtk_dep],
 -  install_dir: pkglibdir,
 +  install_dir: get_option('prefix') / pkglibdir,
    install: true,