diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/sources.nix
index fdb6fffad5be..223fdba8014c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/sources.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/sources.nix
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ rec {
 
   winetricks = fetchFromGitHub rec {
     # https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/releases
-    version = "20250102";
-    hash = "sha256-Km2vVTYsLs091cjmNTW8Kqku3vdsEA0imTtZfqZWDQo=";
+    version = "20260125";
+    hash = "sha256-uIBVESebsH7rXnxWd/qlrZxcG7Y486PctHzcLz29HDk=";
     owner = "Winetricks";
     repo = "winetricks";
     rev = version;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix
index 76e9ee4b621f..76a3eef7a497 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/wine/winetricks.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   callPackage,
-  perl,
-  which,
-  coreutils,
-  zenity,
-  curl,
-  cabextract,
-  unzip,
-  p7zip,
-  gnused,
-  gnugrep,
+  makeWrapper,
   bash,
+  cabextract,
+  coreutils,
+  curl,
   gawk,
+  gnugrep,
+  gnused,
   gnutar,
   gzip,
+  p7zip,
+  perl,
+  unzip,
+  which,
+  zenity,
+  unrar-free,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -27,36 +30,49 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     perl
     which
-  ];
-
-  # coreutils is for sha1sum
-  pathAdd = lib.makeBinPath [
-    perl
-    which
-    coreutils
-    zenity
-    curl
-    cabextract
-    unzip
-    p7zip
-    gnused
-    gnugrep
-    bash
-    gawk
-    gnutar
-    gzip
+    makeWrapper
   ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   doCheck = false; # requires "bashate"
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    sed -i \
-      -e '2i PATH="${pathAdd}:$PATH"' \
-      "$out/bin/winetricks"
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs src/winetricks
+    substituteInPlace src/winetricks \
+      --replace-fail 'command -v unrar' 'command -v unrar-free' \
+      --replace-fail 'w_try unrar' 'w_try unrar-free'
   '';
 
+  postInstall =
+    let
+      runtimeDependencies = [
+        bash
+        cabextract
+        coreutils
+        curl
+        gawk
+        gnugrep
+        gnused
+        gnutar
+        gzip
+        p7zip
+        perl
+        unrar-free
+        unzip
+        which
+        zenity
+      ];
+    in
+    ''
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/winetricks \
+        --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeDependencies}" \
+        --set WINETRICKS_LATEST_VERSION_CHECK "disabled"
+    '';
+
   passthru = {
     inherit (src) updateScript;
   };