diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitui/default.nix
index 4b31c2e24853..f59249a9796d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitui/default.nix
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "gitui";
-  version = "0.25.2";
+  version = "0.26.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "extrawurst";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "gitui";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-1sBuyY6lpxb/Vlpy6pi7YP69HZID6D97ZkVLbPEZ4Qw=";
+    hash = "sha256-JqxZbxjZrrdsXWhpYu0E9F18gMldtOLrAYd+uiY8IcQ=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-S8Oy5DII05430nkRJmMgZsb4fUIks2zliDea9RycH3E=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-zEoNyIiHQT6HBNSe+H7pz229K4eD0WMhp3I/6zJQHuU=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
@@ -29,27 +29,32 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux xclip
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv Security AppKit ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # The cargo config overrides linkers for some targets, breaking the build
+    # on e.g. `aarch64-linux`. These overrides are not required in the Nix
+    # environment: delete them.
+    rm .cargo/config
+
+    # build script tries to get version information from git
+    rm build.rs
+    substituteInPlace Cargo.toml --replace-fail 'build = "build.rs"' ""
+  '';
+
+  GITUI_BUILD_NAME = version;
   # Needed to get openssl-sys to use pkg-config.
   OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = 1;
 
-  # The cargo config overrides linkers for some targets, breaking the build
-  # on e.g. `aarch64-linux`. These overrides are not required in the Nix
-  # environment: delete them.
-  postPatch = "rm .cargo/config";
-
-
   # Getting app_config_path fails with a permission denied
   checkFlags = [
     "--skip=keys::key_config::tests::test_symbolic_links"
   ];
 
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Blazing fast terminal-ui for Git written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui";
     changelog = "https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     mainProgram = "gitui";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Br1ght0ne yanganto mfrw ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Br1ght0ne yanganto mfrw ];
   };
 }