diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 058b396f67..c936a6aed2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ (define-public gtksourceview-3
 (define-public gdk-pixbuf
   (package
     (name "gdk-pixbuf")
-    (version "2.42.2")
+    (version "2.42.4")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/"
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ (define-public gdk-pixbuf
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "05ggmzwvrxq9w4zcvmrnnd6qplsmb4n95lj4q607c7arzlf6mil3"))))
+                "0k9f9177qxaryaxprwrhqnv5p2gdq4a8i6y05gm98qa8izc5v77y"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:meson ,meson-0.55
@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ (define-public gdk-pixbuf
        ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
        ("glib" ,glib "bin")             ; glib-mkenums, etc.
        ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection) ; g-ir-compiler, etc.
-       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+       ("perl" ,perl)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("xsltproc" ,libxslt)))
     (synopsis "GNOME image loading and manipulation library")
     (description
      "GdkPixbuf is a library for image loading and manipulation developed