diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_3.34.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_3.34.2.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index bb70ae7..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_3.34.2.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Access, organize and share your photos on GNOME"
-SECTION = "x11/gnome"
-LICENSE = "GPLv3"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464"
-
-DEPENDS = " \
-    glib-2.0-native \
-    gdk-pixbuf-native \
-    librsvg-native \
-    gtk+3 \
-    babl \
-    gegl \
-    geocode-glib \
-    gnome-online-accounts \
-    grilo \
-    gsettings-desktop-schemas \
-    libdazzle \
-    libgdata \
-    gfbgraph \
-    tracker \
-"
-
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
-
-inherit gnomebase gettext upstream-version-is-even gnome-help features_check
-
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
-
-SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "1dd0d477eac4707e8cfe9f35e26d1f29"
-SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "3c59c76ef28618ec055a1799d1040287b90a0b021feb0a02b1eac28e9c2eb41a"
-
-FILES_${PN} += " \
-    ${datadir}/dbus-1 \
-    ${datadir}/metainfo \
-    ${datadir}/gnome-shell \
-"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b69c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_40.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+SUMMARY = "Access, organize and share your photos on GNOME"
+SECTION = "x11/gnome"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464"
+
+DEPENDS = " \
+    glib-2.0-native \
+    gdk-pixbuf-native \
+    librsvg-native \
+    gtk+3 \
+    babl \
+    gegl \
+    geocode-glib \
+    gnome-online-accounts \
+    grilo \
+    gsettings-desktop-schemas \
+    libdazzle \
+    libgdata \
+    gfbgraph \
+    tracker \
+    libhandy \
+"
+
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
+
+inherit gnomebase gettext gnome-help features_check
+
+def gnome_verdir(v):
+    return oe.utils.trim_version(v, 1)
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
+
+SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "e02d73e138af8b2868b5cad7faa1bdd278aeade3b6c3c92836511a4e6f3af1af"
+
+do_install_append() {
+    # make gnome-photos available on all desktops
+    sed -i 's:OnlyShowIn=:#OnlyShowIn=:g' ${D}${datadir}/applications/org.gnome.Photos.desktop
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += " \
+    ${datadir}/dbus-1 \
+    ${datadir}/metainfo \
+    ${datadir}/gnome-shell \
+"
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "grilo-plugins"