diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 553f4f8fc4cc..76b2af9d578c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ in
   rxe = handleTest ./rxe.nix {};
   samba = handleTest ./samba.nix {};
   sanoid = handleTest ./sanoid.nix {};
+  sbt = handleTest ./sbt.nix {};
   sddm = handleTest ./sddm.nix {};
   service-runner = handleTest ./service-runner.nix {};
   shadowsocks = handleTest ./shadowsocks {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/sbt.nix b/nixos/tests/sbt.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..004d9c2e140a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/sbt.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "sbt";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ nequissimus ];
+  };
+
+  machine = { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.sbt ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      machine.succeed(
+          "(sbt --offline --version 2>&1 || true) | grep 'getting org.scala-sbt sbt ${pkgs.sbt.version}  (this may take some time)'"
+      )
+    '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
index 2ff15d68871a..dbace29d7e74 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre, autoPatchelfHook, zlib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre, autoPatchelfHook, zlib, writeScript
+, common-updater-scripts, git, nixfmt, nix, coreutils, gnused, nixosTests }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sbt";
-  version = "1.4.0";
+  version = "1.4.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url =
       "https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/download/v${version}/sbt-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1mgfs732w1c1p7dna7h47x8h073lvjs224fqlpkkvq10153mnxxl";
+    sha256 = "1dw4l91sw4ybqxjid1hsb6r33ka5bl85rfdrbsr9m5vxl82a3mmc";
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''
@@ -34,4 +35,35 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nequissimus ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) sbt; };
+
+    updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
+      #!${stdenv.shell}
+      set -o errexit
+      PATH=${
+        stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [
+          common-updater-scripts
+          git
+          nixfmt
+          nix
+          coreutils
+          gnused
+        ]
+      }
+
+      oldVersion="$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; lib.getVersion sbt" | tr -d '"')"
+      latestTag="$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' ls-remote --exit-code --refs --sort='version:refname' --tags git@github.com:sbt/sbt.git '*.*.*' | tail --lines=1 | cut --delimiter='/' --fields=3 | sed 's|^v||g')"
+
+      if [ ! "$oldVersion" = "$latestTag" ]; then
+        update-source-version sbt "$latestTag" --version-key=version --print-changes
+        nixpkgs="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+        default_nix="$nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix"
+        nixfmt "$default_nix"
+      else
+        echo "sbt is already up-to-date"
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
 }