diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/lombok-compiler-annotation.patch b/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/lombok-compiler-annotation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..407f4c8c7908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/lombok-compiler-annotation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- a/pom.xml	1970-01-01 01:00:01.000000000 +0100
++++ b/pom.xml	2025-12-02 21:04:01.739489000 +0100
+@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@
+                 <version>3.10.1</version>
+                 <configuration>
+                     <compilerArgs>
+                         <arg>-parameters</arg>
++                      <arg>-proc:full</arg>
+                     </compilerArgs>
+                     <source>17</source>
+                     <target>17</target>
+                 </configuration>
+             </plugin>
+         </plugins>
+     </build>
+ 
+@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
+         <spring-data-commons.version>3.1.5</spring-data-commons.version>
+         <jakarta.persistence-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.persistence-api.version>
+         <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
+-        <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
++        <lombok.version>1.18.42</lombok.version>
+         <logback.version>1.5.21</logback.version>
+         <guava.version>23.0</guava.version>
+         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/package.nix
index f997f0661bff..c4d7ec57773e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nz/nzbhydra2/package.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,91 @@
 {
   lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchzip,
   makeWrapper,
-  openjdk17,
   python3,
-  unzip,
   nixosTests,
+  maven,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  jdk,
 }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nzbhydra2";
-  version = "8.1.0";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://github.com/theotherp/nzbhydra2/releases/download/v${version}/nzbhydra2-${version}-generic.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-00XlNTwn/7Ve6q0MrJyu/WzL1imbygHcWHb1Z4FiI6Y=";
-    stripRoot = false;
+# Skip some plugins not required for NixOS packaging to reduce required dependencies.
+# Also skip the integration tests because they don't work in the sandbox.
+let
+  projectFilter = "--projects ${
+    lib.concatMapStringsSep "," (x: "!org.nzbhydra:${x}") [
+      "github-release-plugin"
+      "discordreleaser"
+      "releases"
+      "generic-release"
+      "linux-amd64-release"
+      "linux-arm64-release"
+      "windows-release"
+      "tests"
+    ]
+  },!org.nzbhydra.tests:system";
+in
+maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
+  pname = "nzbhydra2";
+  version = "8.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "theotherp";
+    repo = pname;
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-BD9bvbPaVz3MJam78EHqfFc9jbh1SpkIxTe0UK8Lh0w=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Older lombok versions are incompatible with newer JDK versions.
+    ./lombok-compiler-annotation.patch
+  ];
+
+  buildOffline = true;
+
+  mvnJdk = jdk;
+
+  mvnHash = "sha256-SXanl43Fpd7IdhuD1H2LpB5BwvzbbjRNyZYzBvV1XXY=";
+
+  manualMvnArtifacts = [
+    "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:4.0.0"
+
+    "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:3.1.0"
+    "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.7.0"
+    "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:3.0.1"
+    "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.7.1"
+    "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:3.1.4"
+
+    # Dependencies for building and running tests are included below.
+    # The set of dependencies for successfully building and running the tests is different.
+    # For simplicity all dependencies are included here, independently of whether we're running the tests.
+    "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.2"
+    "org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-junit4:3.0.0-M2"
+    "org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-junit-platform:2.22.2"
+    "org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-junit-platform:3.0.0-M2"
+    "org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-junit-platform:3.2.5"
+    "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-surefire-provider:1.3.2"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  mvnDepsParameters = projectFilter;
+  mvnParameters = projectFilter;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    openjdk17
     makeWrapper
-    unzip
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
-    install -d -m 755 "$out/lib/nzbhydra2"
-    cp -dpr --no-preserve=ownership "lib" "readme.md" "$out/lib/nzbhydra2"
-    install -D -m 755 "nzbhydra2wrapperPy3.py" "$out/lib/nzbhydra2/nzbhydra2wrapperPy3.py"
+    install -d -m 755 "$out/lib/${pname}/lib"
+    cp -rt "$out/lib/${pname}/lib" core/target/*-exec.jar
+    touch "$out/lib/${pname}/readme.md"
+    install -D -m 755 "other/wrapper/nzbhydra2wrapperPy3.py" "$out/lib/nzbhydra2/nzbhydra2wrapperPy3.py"
 
-    makeWrapper ${python3}/bin/python $out/bin/nzbhydra2 \
+    makeWrapper ${lib.getExe python3} "$out/bin/nzbhydra2" \
       --add-flags "$out/lib/nzbhydra2/nzbhydra2wrapperPy3.py" \
-      --prefix PATH ":" ${openjdk17}/bin
+      --prefix PATH ":" ${lib.getBin jdk}/bin
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
@@ -46,7 +98,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Usenet meta search";
     homepage = "https://github.com/theotherp/nzbhydra2";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ matteopacini ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      matteopacini
+      tmarkus
+    ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "nzbhydra2";
   };