diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 87bb235a481..875f8612fde 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ let
     };
 
     atom-beta = {
-      version = "1.49.0";
+      version = "1.55.0";
       beta = 0;
-      sha256 = "1fr6m4a7shdj3wpn6g4n95cqpkkg2x9srwjf7bqxv9f3d5jb1y33";
+      sha256 = "sha256-PICkTt54cPkDJVnXBTtSHUQVbmosOpZfVAiD5A3/n+Q=";
+      broken = true;
     };
   };
 
-  common = pname: {version, sha256, beta ? null}:
+  common = pname: {version, sha256, beta ? null, broken ? false}:
       let fullVersion = version + lib.optionalString (beta != null) "-beta${toString beta}";
       name = "${pname}-${fullVersion}";
   in stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ let
       license = licenses.mit;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ysndr ];
       platforms = platforms.x86_64;
+      inherit broken;
     };
   };
 in lib.mapAttrs common versions