diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix
index c1bb5db49936..8beaf1154d5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   python3Packages,
   file,
+  coreutils,
+  bashNonInteractive,
   less,
   highlight,
   w3m,
@@ -12,13 +14,13 @@
   neoVimSupport ? true,
   improvedEncodingDetection ? true,
   rightToLeftTextSupport ? false,
-  unstableGitUpdater,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   pname = "ranger";
-  version = "1.9.3-unstable-2025-11-14";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  version = "1.9.4-unstable-2025-11-14";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ranger";
@@ -27,29 +29,38 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
     hash = "sha256-vn1rAOFB2vq04Y/WAE44iH/b/zamAmvq8putUKwNqR8=";
   };
 
-  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies =
+    [ ]
+    ++ lib.optionals imagePreviewSupport [ python3Packages.pillow ]
+    ++ lib.optionals neoVimSupport [ python3Packages.pynvim ]
+    ++ lib.optionals improvedEncodingDetection [ python3Packages.chardet ]
+    ++ lib.optionals rightToLeftTextSupport [ python3Packages.python-bidi ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
     pytestCheckHook
     astroid
     pylint
   ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    less
-    file
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals imagePreviewSupport [ python3Packages.pillow ]
-  ++ lib.optionals sixelPreviewSupport [ imagemagick ]
-  ++ lib.optionals neoVimSupport [ python3Packages.pynvim ]
-  ++ lib.optionals improvedEncodingDetection [ python3Packages.chardet ]
-  ++ lib.optionals rightToLeftTextSupport [ python3Packages.python-bidi ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    ${lib.optionalString (highlight != null) ''
-      sed -i -e 's|^\s*highlight\b|${highlight}/bin/highlight|' \
-        ranger/data/scope.sh
-    ''}
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--prefix"
+    "PATH"
+    ":"
+    (lib.makeBinPath (
+      [
+        file
+        coreutils
+        bashNonInteractive
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optionals sixelPreviewSupport [ imagemagick ]
+    ))
+  ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace ranger/__init__.py \
       --replace "DEFAULT_PAGER = 'less'" "DEFAULT_PAGER = '${lib.getBin less}/bin/less'"
 
@@ -58,6 +69,10 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
       --replace /usr/share $out/share \
       --replace "#set preview_script ~/.config/ranger/scope.sh" "set preview_script $out/share/doc/ranger/config/scope.sh"
   ''
+  + lib.optionalString (highlight != null) ''
+    sed -i -e 's|^\s*highlight\b|${highlight}/bin/highlight|' \
+      ranger/data/scope.sh
+  ''
   + lib.optionalString imagePreviewSupport ''
     substituteInPlace ranger/ext/img_display.py \
       --replace /usr/lib/w3m ${w3m}/libexec/w3m
@@ -67,11 +82,13 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
       --replace "set preview_images false" "set preview_images true"
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { tagPrefix = "v"; };
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ];
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "File manager with minimalistic curses interface";
-    homepage = "https://ranger.github.io/";
+    homepage = "https://ranger.fm/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [