diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix
index 665007fcd634..db757b1aa4ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gala";
-  version = "6.2.0";
+  version = "6.2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elementary";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1yxsfshahaxiqs5waj4v96rhjhdgyd1za4pwlg3vqq51p75k2b1g";
+    sha256 = "1phnhj731kvk8ykmm33ypcxk8fkfny9k6kdapl582qh4d47wcy6f";
   };
 
   passthru = {
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./plugins-dir.patch
-    # https://github.com/elementary/gala/pull/1259
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/139404
-    # Remove this patch when it is included in a new release
-    # of gala OR when we no longer use mutter 3.38 for pantheon
-    ./fix-session-crash-when-taking-screenshots.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/fix-session-crash-when-taking-screenshots.patch b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/fix-session-crash-when-taking-screenshots.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f2393a804bcf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/fix-session-crash-when-taking-screenshots.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-From fa3c39331d4ef56a13019f45d811bde1fc755c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Bobby Rong <rjl931189261@126.com>
-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:21:01 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix session crash when taking screenshots with mutter 3.38
-
----
- src/ScreenshotManager.vala | 5 ++---
- vapi/mutter-clutter.vapi   | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/ScreenshotManager.vala b/src/ScreenshotManager.vala
-index 3ffb0123..388fee1a 100644
---- a/src/ScreenshotManager.vala
-+++ b/src/ScreenshotManager.vala
-@@ -354,12 +354,11 @@ namespace Gala {
-                 paint_flags |= Clutter.PaintFlag.FORCE_CURSORS;
-             }
- 
--            unowned var data = image.get_data ();
-             if (GLib.ByteOrder.HOST == GLib.ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN) {
-                 wm.stage.paint_to_buffer (
-                     {x, y, width, height},
-                     scale,
--                    ref data,
-+                    image.get_data (),
-                     image.get_stride (),
-                     Cogl.PixelFormat.BGRA_8888_PRE,
-                     paint_flags
-@@ -368,7 +367,7 @@ namespace Gala {
-                 wm.stage.paint_to_buffer (
-                     {x, y, width, height},
-                     scale,
--                    ref data,
-+                    image.get_data (),
-                     image.get_stride (),
-                     Cogl.PixelFormat.ARGB_8888_PRE,
-                     paint_flags
-diff --git a/vapi/mutter-clutter.vapi b/vapi/mutter-clutter.vapi
-index 5b778cb2..95de24be 100644
---- a/vapi/mutter-clutter.vapi
-+++ b/vapi/mutter-clutter.vapi
-@@ -7336,7 +7336,7 @@ namespace Clutter {
- 		[Version (since = "1.2")]
- 		public bool get_use_alpha ();
- #if HAS_MUTTER338
--		public bool paint_to_buffer (Cairo.RectangleInt rect, float scale, [CCode (array_length = false)] ref unowned uint8[] data, int stride, Cogl.PixelFormat format, Clutter.PaintFlag paint_flags) throws GLib.Error;
-+		public bool paint_to_buffer (Cairo.RectangleInt rect, float scale, [CCode (array_length = false, type = "uint8_t*")] uint8[] data, int stride, Cogl.PixelFormat format, Clutter.PaintFlag paint_flags) throws GLib.Error;
- 		public void paint_to_framebuffer (Cogl.Framebuffer framebuffer, Cairo.RectangleInt rect, float scale, Clutter.PaintFlag paint_flags);
- #else
- 		[Version (since = "0.4")]