diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/seahorse/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/seahorse/default.nix
index d09a4c9ff3e6..67036df2d51b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/seahorse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/seahorse/default.nix
@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "seahorse";
-  version = "40.0";
+  version = "41.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-fscFezhousbqBB/aghQKOfXsnlsYi0UJFNRTvC1V0Cw=";
+    hash = "sha256-5u7AnoEESClfVH8YwdV3K2XD7cHZ5aJZXxC13eaJKfU=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
@@ -65,10 +63,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libhandy
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs build-aux/
   '';
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    # Add “org.gnome.crypto.pgp” GSettings schema to path
+    # to make it available for “gpgme-backend” test.
+    # It is used by Seahorse’s internal “common” library.
+    addToSearchPath XDG_DATA_DIRS "${glib.getSchemaPath gcr}/../.."
+    # The same test also requires home directory so that it can store settings.
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;