diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/shotwell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/shotwell/default.nix
index 7b74dd745f78..56d41d3dd503 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/shotwell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/shotwell/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;
-      versionPolicy = "none";
+      versionPolicy = "odd-unstable";
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-clocks/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-clocks/default.nix
index d9a749a24b09..2e8ec02bd845 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-clocks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-clocks/default.nix
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-clocks";
-  version = "40.0";
+  version = "41.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-clocks/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "02d3jg46sn8d9gd4dsaly22gg5vkbz2gpq4pmwpvncb4rsqk7sn2";
+    sha256 = "34yLBKuS+mGPXe5RGFce+fyeilt5XqAKNcbcZ3ywLaw=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-applets/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-applets/default.nix
index f581017dd565..2cdafcc23b30 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-applets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-applets/default.nix
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-applets";
-  version = "3.40.0";
+  version = "3.42.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1k6mdkg16ia29fyg8ikf4dfs51gnrmg0f8xwpvd3192lhfsbsh19";
+    sha256 = "/RaXR7kv7/Rs05/mLyPd+WZ8EAaPRigDOF0TjvxIedQ=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-panel/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-panel/default.nix
index 2e33be766b86..aa472230e9cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-panel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/gnome-panel/default.nix
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-panel";
-  version = "3.40.0";
+  version = "3.42.0";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-nxNQde3GZs8rnKkd41xnA+KxdxwQp3B0FPtlbCilmzs=";
+    hash = "sha256-rqjA78LtuiDpetRpUXnNCiU45kwpBHAsyMWU6OCJhwM=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/metacity/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/metacity/default.nix
index 702b7ffb38bb..8dcef7922659 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/metacity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/misc/metacity/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "metacity";
-  version = "3.40.0";
+  version = "3.42.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1d8mj2nshijshfiaica8dirfws1p6i9631frq7q23b3y91jiyk12";
+    sha256 = "2J1nnc/tm17vGPBuLcszp6tUPVOzWPqJzmVZPCMe7rw=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/default.nix
index 0411086c78c3..6b65f8419645 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vte/default.nix
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vte";
-  version = "0.64.2";
+  version = "0.66.0";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-KzyCC2WmZ8HYhZuiBHi+Ym0VGcwxWdrCX3AzMMbQfhg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-0IE6wA+x102IhR52X3VdSWyD4JcJc1jqG6rbOLN7ezM=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix
index 5f01881958fe..5531823b8f5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , glib
 , autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
 , systemd
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, nix-update-script
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-desktop-testing";
-  version = "unstable-2019-12-11";
+  version = "2021.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
     owner = "GNOME";
     repo = "gnome-desktop-testing";
-    rev = "57239dc8ef49ba74d442603a07a3e132b0cfdc6a";
-    sha256 = "01c4jhpk23kfcnw3l9kfwjw9v5kgqmfhhqypw4k2d2sdkf4mgfv4";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-PWn4eEZskY0YgMpf6O2dgXNSu8b8T311vFHREv2HE/Q=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      attrPath = "gnome-desktop-testing";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "GNOME test runner for installed tests";
     homepage = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/InstalledTests";