diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/fix-install-script.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/fix-install-script.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75634c5eb77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/fix-install-script.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From f9be45b024e29efa6082cdfe6f47ca6b1110f20a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: poz <poz@poz.pet>
+Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 03:25:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix install script
+
+---
+ themes/install.sh | 7 ++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/themes/install.sh b/themes/install.sh
+index 1dc573f1..b1657b62 100755
+--- a/themes/install.sh
++++ b/themes/install.sh
+@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ install() {
+ 	ln -s assets/no-events.svg no-events.svg
+ 	ln -s assets/process-working.svg process-working.svg
+ 	ln -s assets/no-notifications.svg no-notifications.svg
++	cd - > /dev/null
+ 
+ 	# GTK2 Themes
+ 	mkdir -p                                                                      		 "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-2.0"
+@@ -166,7 +167,11 @@ install() {
+ 	cp -r "${SRC_DIR}/main/metacity-1/metacity-theme-3${window}${color}.xml"             "${THEME_DIR}/metacity-1/metacity-theme-3.xml"
+ 	cp -r "${SRC_DIR}/assets/metacity-1/assets${window}"                                 "${THEME_DIR}/metacity-1/assets"
+ 	cp -r "${SRC_DIR}/assets/metacity-1/thumbnail${ELSE_DARK:-}.png"                     "${THEME_DIR}/metacity-1/thumbnail.png"
+-	cd "${THEME_DIR}/metacity-1" && ln -s metacity-theme-3.xml metacity-theme-1.xml && ln -s metacity-theme-3.xml metacity-theme-2.xml
++
++	cd "${THEME_DIR}/metacity-1"
++	ln -s metacity-theme-3.xml metacity-theme-1.xml
++	ln -s metacity-theme-3.xml metacity-theme-2.xml
++	cd - > /dev/null
+ 
+ 	# XFWM4 Themes
+ 	mkdir -p                                                                             "${THEME_DIR}/xfwm4"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/package.nix
index 7bb210b045fc..fb5e6f71769f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ev/everforest-gtk-theme/package.nix
@@ -4,19 +4,27 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gnome-themes-extra,
   gtk-engine-murrine,
+  gtk3,
+  sassc,
 }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   pname = "everforest-gtk-theme";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-10-15";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-10-23";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Fausto-Korpsvart";
     repo = "Everforest-GTK-Theme";
-    rev = "930a5dc57f7a06e8c6538d531544e41c56dbb27a";
-    hash = "sha256-mlJE7gVElWUjJIZnAL5ztchphmaU82llol+YdKqnSxg=";
+    rev = "9b8be4d6648ae9eaae3dd550105081f8c9054825";
+    hash = "sha256-XHO6NoXJwwZ8gBzZV/hJnVq5BvkEKYWvqLBQT00dGdE=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # remove when merged
+    # https://github.com/Fausto-Korpsvart/Everforest-GTK-Theme/pull/34
+    ./fix-install-script.patch
+  ];
+
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [
     gtk-engine-murrine
   ];
@@ -25,13 +33,34 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     gnome-themes-extra
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+    sassc
+  ];
+
   dontBuild = true;
+  dontFixup = true;
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs themes/install.sh
+  '';
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p "$out/share/"{themes,icons}
+
     cp -a icons/* "$out/share/icons/"
-    cp -a themes/* "$out/share/themes/"
+
+    for theme in "$out/share/icons/"*; do
+      gtk-update-icon-cache "$theme"
+    done
+
+    cd themes
+    ./install.sh --name Everforest --theme all --dest "$out/share/themes"
+    cd ..
+
     runHook postInstall
   '';