diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
index 6952d2da6bad..016dba444937 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gettext, perlPackages, intltool
-, libxml2, glib}:
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, pkgconfig
+, gettext
+, perlPackages
+, itstool
+, libxml2
+, glib
+}:
 
-let version = "1.12"; in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "shared-mime-info";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "1.13.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/uploads/80c7f1afbcad2769f38aeb9ba6317a51/shared-mime-info-1.12.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0gj0pp36qpsr9w6v4nywnjpcisadwkndapqsjn0ny3gd0zzg1chq";
+    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/${pname}/uploads/5349e18c86eb96eee258a5c1f19122d0/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1bic8z5nz08qxv1x6zlxnx2j4cmlzm12kygrn3rrh1djqxdhma3f";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext intltool ] ++ (with perlPackages; [ perl XMLParser ]);
-  buildInputs = [ libxml2 glib ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    gettext
+    itstool
+  ] ++ (with perlPackages; [
+    perl XMLParser
+  ]);
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libxml2
+    glib
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    inherit version;
     description = "A database of common MIME types";
     homepage = http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;