diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix
index 9ec9e6284f83..5338aa683a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, atk, glibmm, pkgconfig }:
-let
-  ver_maj = "2.24";
-  ver_min = "2";
-in
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, atk, glibmm, pkgconfig, gnome3 }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "atkmm-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+  pname = "atkmm";
+  version = "2.28.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/atkmm/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "ff95385759e2af23828d4056356f25376cfabc41e690ac1df055371537e458bd";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0fnxrspxkhhbrjphqrpvl3zjm66n50s4cywrrrwkhbflgy8zqk2c";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -19,6 +17,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "C++ wrappers for ATK accessibility toolkit";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/default.nix
index ee77f4b498e4..10d5ee275006 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, gnum4, glib, libsigcxx }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnum4, glib, libsigcxx, gnome3 }:
 
-let
-  ver_maj = "2.56";
-  ver_min = "0";
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "glibmm-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+  pname = "glibmm";
+  version = "2.58.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/glibmm/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1abrkqhca5p8n6ly3vp1232rny03s7lrd8f8iz2m2m141nxgqx3f";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0idnaii4h3mdym2a55gkavipyxigwvbgfmzmwql85s4rgciqjhfk";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  patchFlags = "-p0";
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macports/macports-ports/e864b2340be9ef003d8ff4aef92e7151d06287dd/devel/glibmm/files/0001-ustring-Fix-wchar-conversion-on-macOS-with-libc.patch";
-      sha256 = "02qvnailw1i59cjbj3cy7y02kfcivsvkdjrf4njkp4plarayyqp9";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gnum4 ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libsigcxx ];
 
@@ -29,6 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails. one test needs the net, another /etc/fstab
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++ interface to the GLib library";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix
index 421029a9d55f..5c6cd2c7eda0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, gettext, perl, makeWrapper, shared-mime-info
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, gettext, perl, makeWrapper, shared-mime-info, isocodes
 , expat, glib, cairo, pango, gdk_pixbuf, atk, at-spi2-atk, gobject-introspection
 , xorg, epoxy, json-glib, libxkbcommon, gmp, gnome3
 , x11Support ? stdenv.isLinux
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ assert cupsSupport -> cups != null;
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
-  version = "3.24.1";
+  version = "3.24.2";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gtk+3-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtk+/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/gtk+-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0bxhsp7cjph7szg1iyv16nwi60bz59x1smjkqv6sv6mr0zipnf38";
+    sha256 = "14l8mimdm44r3h5pn5hzigl1z25jna8jxvb16l88v4nc4zj0afsv";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -35,9 +35,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://bug757142.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=344123";
       sha256 = "0g6fhqcv8spfy3mfmxpyji93k8d4p4q4fz1v9a1c1cgcwkz41d7p";
     })
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1521
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/commit/2905fc861acda3d134a198e56ef2f6c962ad3061.patch;
+      sha256 = "0y8ljny59kgdhrcfpimi2r082bax60d5kflw1qj9k1mnzjcvjjwl";
+    })
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libxkbcommon epoxy json-glib ]
+  buildInputs = [ libxkbcommon epoxy json-glib isocodes ]
     ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin AppKit;
   propagatedBuildInputs = with xorg; with stdenv.lib;
     [ expat glib cairo pango gdk_pixbuf atk at-spi2-atk gnome3.gsettings-desktop-schemas
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/3.x.nix
index 7845143ebeb5..ba20af1caf51 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/3.x.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, glibmm, cairomm, pangomm, atkmm, epoxy }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, glibmm, cairomm, pangomm, atkmm, epoxy, gnome3 }:
 
-let
-  ver_maj = "3.22";
-  ver_min = "2";
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gtkmm-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+  pname = "gtkmm";
+  version = "3.24.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtkmm/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "91afd98a31519536f5f397c2d79696e3d53143b80b75778521ca7b48cb280090";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0hxaq4x9jqj8vvnv3sb6nwapz83v8lclbm887qqci0g50llcjpyg";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -24,6 +21,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764521
   doCheck = false;
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+      attrPath = "${pname}3";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++ interface to the GTK+ graphical user interface library";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
index bcd37396bf7f..4e7ff0314381 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, intltool, gettext, glib, libxml2, zlib, bzip2
-, python, perl, gdk_pixbuf, libiconv, libintl }:
+, python, perl, gdk_pixbuf, libiconv, libintl, gnome3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libgsf-1.14.44";
+  pname = "libgsf";
+  version = "1.14.45";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgsf/1.14/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1ppzfk3zmmgrg9jh8vc4dacddbfngjslq2wpj94pcr3i0c8dxgk8";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1yk91ccf7z9b8d8ac6vip3gc5c0pkwgabqy6l0pj0kf43l7jrg2w";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool libintl ];
@@ -21,6 +22,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
   preCheck = "patchShebangs ./tests/";
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "GNOME's Structured File Library";
     homepage    = https://www.gnome.org/projects/libgsf;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangomm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangomm/default.nix
index 93c2501a6203..064ebf71cc32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangomm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangomm/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, pango, glibmm, cairomm
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, pango, glibmm, cairomm, gnome3
 , ApplicationServices }:
 
-let
-  ver_maj = "2.40";
-  ver_min = "1";
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pangomm-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+  pname = "pangomm";
+  version= "2.42.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pangomm/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "9762ee2a2d5781be6797448d4dd2383ce14907159b30bc12bf6b08e7227be3af";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0mmzxp3wniaafkxr30sb22mq9x44xckb5d60h1bl99lkzxks0vfa";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -22,6 +19,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++ interface to the Pango text rendering library";
     homepage    = https://www.pango.org/;